Bill Text: TX HR63 | 2011 | 82nd Legislature 1st Special | Enrolled
Bill Title: Honoring Clemente Garza, Jr., and the staff of the Texas Cafe in Rio Grande City for their hard work and entrepreneurial achievements.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-29 - Reported enrolled [HR63 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR63-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 63 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Independent businesses and local entrepreneurs | ||
| further the economic well-being of towns all across the Lone Star | ||
| State, and Clemente Garza, Jr., and the staff of the Texas Cafe in | ||
| Rio Grande City are deserving of recognition for their | ||
| contributions to the local community; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The cafe was first opened in 1939 by Mr. Garza's | ||
| father, Clemente Garza, Sr., and uncle, Antonio Salinas; Clemente | ||
| Garza, Jr., went to work in the restaurant at the age of 10 and | ||
| learned the business from the bottom up, beginning as a dishwasher | ||
| and a cook, then waiting tables, and finally handling the cash | ||
| register; he successfully balanced his job with his studies and | ||
| graduated from Rio Grande City High School; in time, he took over as | ||
| the owner of the Texas Cafe; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mr. Garza takes special pride in his establishment's | ||
| envueltos and chicken-fried steak, and he credits the restaurant's | ||
| employees with making the Texas Cafe what it is today; in all of his | ||
| endeavors, he enjoys the love and support of his wife, Esther, and | ||
| his four children, Rebecca, Clemente, Ricardo, and Joy; and | ||
| WHEREAS, For more than seven decades, the Texas Cafe has | ||
| enriched the lives of residents of Rio Grande City and helped | ||
| bolster the local economy, and it remains a favorite community | ||
| institution; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas | ||
| Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby honor Clemente Garza, Jr., | ||
| and the staff of the Texas Cafe for their hard work and | ||
| entrepreneurial achievements and extend to them sincere best wishes | ||
| for continued success; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Mr. Garza and the Texas Cafe staff as an expression of | ||
| high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Guillen | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 63 was adopted by the House on June | ||
| 28, 2011, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
