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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Texas' first female United |
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States senator and a former state treasurer of Texas and former |
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member of the Texas House of Representatives, recently retired from |
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office after more than four decades of outstanding public service; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, As ranking member of the Senate Appropriations |
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Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and |
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Related Agencies and as a member of the Senate Committee on |
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Veterans' Affairs, Senator Hutchison dedicated herself to the |
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improvement of veterans' health and was a staunch advocate for |
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increased funding for veterans' medical services; and |
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WHEREAS, Senator Hutchison was instrumental in creating a |
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partnership between the United States Department of Veterans |
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Affairs and The University of Texas System to improve veterans' |
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access to medical care in South Texas; and |
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WHEREAS, The Harlingen Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, |
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located on The University of Texas Health Science Center's |
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Harlingen campus, opened in 2011 to provide primary medical care |
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services for veterans in the Harlingen area, to make laboratory, |
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mental health, nutrition, and social work services available to |
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eligible veterans, and to provide education and training for |
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medical residents and students based at the Regional Academic |
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Health Center in Harlingen; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the 83rd Legislature of the State of Texas |
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hereby respectfully urge the United States Congress to rename the |
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Harlingen Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic as the Kay Bailey |
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Hutchison Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic at Harlingen as a |
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tribute to her commitment to public service and her many |
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contributions to the improvement of veterans' care in the State of |
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Texas; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official |
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copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to |
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the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the |
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senate of the United States Congress, and to all the members of the |
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Texas delegation to the congress with the request that this |
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resolution be officially entered in the Congressional Record as a |
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memorial to the Congress of the United States of America. |