Bill Text: TX HR2541 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Commending Eva Eloisa DeLuna Castro for her more than 24 years of service to Every Texan.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-29 - Reported enrolled [HR2541 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR2541-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Commending Eva Eloisa DeLuna Castro for her more than 24 years of service to Every Texan.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-29 - Reported enrolled [HR2541 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR2541-Introduced.html
By: Martinez Fischer | H.R. No. 2541 |
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WHEREAS, Eva Eloisa DeLuna Castro retired from Every Texan in | ||
2022, drawing to a close more than 24 years of dedicated service to | ||
the nonprofit advocacy organization; and | ||
WHEREAS, A native of Mexico, Ms. DeLuna Castro attended | ||
Harvard University, where she received her bachelor's degree in | ||
1988 with honors; she later earned a master's degree from the LBJ | ||
School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin; and | ||
WHEREAS, Ms. DeLuna Castro worked for the Texas House of | ||
Representatives and the Office of the Texas Comptroller of Public | ||
Accounts before joining the Center for Public Policy Priorities, | ||
known today as Every Texan; in her role as state budget analyst, she | ||
oversaw the organization's fiscal policy analysis and cultivated an | ||
encyclopedic understanding of the legislative process, state | ||
fiscal matters, socioeconomic data, and other issues impacting | ||
Texans; over the course of her career, she set the gold standard for | ||
independent analysis of Texas public budgets and spending in the | ||
public interest; and | ||
WHEREAS, Ms. DeLuna Castro authored countless reports and | ||
analyses on Texas government spending issues and trends, and she | ||
worked tirelessly to educate Texans on how taxes and spending | ||
affect their lives and create more equitable opportunities for all | ||
citizens; she also demonstrated great skill in using social media | ||
to highlight important data, benefiting her colleagues, | ||
legislators and their staff, as well as the general public; since | ||
her retirement, she has returned to the Texas Legislature to serve | ||
as senior policy analyst in the office of Representative Trey | ||
Martinez Fischer; and | ||
WHEREAS, Through her dedication and expertise, Eva DeLuna | ||
Castro has contributed immeasurably to the goal of strengthening | ||
public policy in order to ensure that people of all backgrounds can | ||
thrive and fulfill their potential, and in so doing, she has earned | ||
the admiration and affection of her colleagues and the lasting | ||
appreciation of her fellow Texans; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby commend Eva Eloisa DeLuna Castro for her more | ||
than 24 years of service to Every Texan and extend to her sincere | ||
best wishes for continued success in her invaluable work; and, be it | ||
further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Ms. DeLuna Castro as an expression of high regard by | ||
the Texas House of Representatives. |