Bill Text: TX SR814 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Welcoming members of the U.S. State Department's Experience America program to the Capitol.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-02 - Reported enrolled [SR814 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SR814-Enrolled.html
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WHEREAS, Distinguished foreign ambassadors taking part in | ||
the United States State Department's Experience America program | ||
are visiting the State Capitol on May 14, 2013; and | ||
WHEREAS, Under the leadership of Capricia Marshall, chief | ||
of protocol of the United States, Experience America introduces | ||
ambassadors posted in Washington, D.C., to cities and | ||
neighborhoods across the nation, showcasing life in the United | ||
States outside the Beltway; and | ||
WHEREAS, The program helps to build relationships, | ||
encourage investment and trade, and foster dialogue between the | ||
ambassadors and government, business, cultural, and academic | ||
leaders in the communities they visit; these interactions play a | ||
vital role in strengthening the bonds between the United States | ||
and other countries and encourage, in President Barack Obama's | ||
words, "new beginnings based on mutual respect and | ||
understanding"; and | ||
WHEREAS, Since the inception of Experience America four | ||
years ago, members of the diplomatic corps have traveled to | ||
Alaska, Atlanta, Arkansas, Chicago, New Orleans, Los Angeles, | ||
and Wyoming; these trips have yielded tangible results | ||
benefiting the United States and countries abroad, including the | ||
development by Delta Airlines of a direct flight from Atlanta to | ||
South Africa, the signing of a memorandum of cooperation between | ||
a Lithuanian business delegation and the Port of New Orleans, and | ||
the visit of an Iraqi delegation to Chicago to discuss trade | ||
opportunities; and | ||
WHEREAS, By sharing America's richly diverse cultures and | ||
communities, Experience America provides the chiefs of | ||
diplomatic missions a deeper understanding of our country's | ||
values, traditions, and history, and it is hoped that as a result | ||
of this program, the links between this state and the nations | ||
represented here today will multiply and flourish in the years | ||
ahead; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 83rd | ||
Legislature, hereby welcome these distinguished ambassadors to | ||
the State Capitol and extend to them sincere best wishes for a | ||
most rewarding and enjoyable visit; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That official copies of this Resolution be | ||
prepared for the ambassadors as an expression of high regard by | ||
the Texas Senate. | ||
Watson | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on May 2, 2013. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |