TITLE: Commending Rohit Chandan for his service as a McClendon Legislative Scholar in the office of State Representative Toni Rose.

SUMMARY: Commending Rohit Chandan for his service as a McClendon Legislative Scholar in the office of State Representative Toni Rose.

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WHEREAS, Rohit Chandan, a participant in the McClendon Scholars Program, has provided valuable support as a legislative intern in the office of State Representative Toni Rose during the 84th Texas Legislature; and WHEREAS, Created in 2004, the McClendon Scholars Program, which is also known as The University of Texas at San Antonio Legislative Scholars Program, is a collaborative effort between State Representative Ruth Jones McClendon and the UTSA Institute for Law and Public Affairs; the initiative gives students who have an interest in public policy the opportunity to work as interns at the State Capitol during legislative sessions; and WHEREAS, Mr. Chandan is majoring in political science at UTSA, where he has been accepted into the Honors College; he made the dean's list in 2012, and in the fall of 2014, he received an Honors Travel Fellowship and a scholarship from the Office of Undergraduate Research; he has been an assistant debate and speech coach, and he is a staff writer for the student newspaper, the Paisano;he previously served as an intern in the office of U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett; and WHEREAS, While gaining important experience in the field of public service as a member of Representative Rose's staff, Rohit Chandan has contributed to the workings of state government firsthand and learned more about the legislative process and the issues facing citizens of the Lone Star State; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas Legislature hereby commend Rohit Chandan for his work as a McClendon Scholar and legislative intern in the office of State Representative Toni Rose and extend to him sincere best wishes for continued success in all his endeavors; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for Mr. Chandan as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. McClendon Rose Straus Gonz lez Otto Allen Guerra Paddie Alonzo Guillen Parker Alvarado Gutierrez Paul Anchia Harless Pe a Anderson of Dallas Hernandez Phelan Anderson of McLennan Herrero Phillips Ashby Howard Pickett Aycock Huberty Price Bell Hughes Raney Bernal Hunter Raymond Blanco Isaac Reynolds Bohac Israel Riddle Bonnen of Brazoria Johnson Rinaldi Bonnen of Galveston Kacal Rodriguez of Bexar Burkett Keffer Rodriguez of Travis Burns Keough Romero, Jr. Burrows King of Hemphill Rose Button King of Parker Sanford Canales King of Taylor Schaefer Capriglione King of Uvalde Schofield Clardy Klick Schubert Coleman Koop Shaheen Collier Krause Sheets Cook Kuempel Sheffield Craddick Landgraf Simmons Crownover Larson Simpson Cyrier Laubenberg Smith Dale Leach Smithee Darby Longoria Spitzer Davis of Dallas Lozano Springer Davis of Harris Lucio III Stephenson Deshotel M rquez Stickland Dukes Martinez Thompson of Brazoria Dutton Martinez Fischer Thompson of Harris Elkins McClendon Tinderholt Faircloth Metcalf Turner of Collin Fallon Meyer Turner of Harris Farias Miles Turner of Tarrant Farney Miller of Comal VanDeaver Farrar Miller of Fort Bend Villalba Fletcher Minjarez Vo Flynn Moody Walle Frank Morrison White of Bell Frullo Mu oz, Jr. White of Tyler Galindo Murphy Workman Geren Murr Wray Giddings Naishtat Wu Goldman Nev rez Zedler Gonzales Oliveira Zerwas Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 3170 was adopted by the House on May 30, 2015, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House