TITLE: Congratulating Texas Tea Party Republican Women on the organization's 30th anniversary.

SUMMARY: Congratulating Texas Tea Party Republican Women on the organization's 30th anniversary.

FULL TEXT:
WHEREAS, Members of Texas Tea Party Republican Women are celebrating the organization's 30th anniversary on March 30, 2023; and WHEREAS, Established in 1993 by Peggy Cox, Susan Darbyshire, and Elvie Kingston, TTPRW is an active, conservative women's organization working to preserve and promote the traditional principles of the Republican Party; the three founders named the group in tribute to the women patriots of the American Revolution who boycotted English tea and worked alongside their husbands to help form a new nation; and WHEREAS, Participants in Texas Tea Party Republican Women give generously of their time, talents, and financial resources to promote an informed electorate and to foster civic engagement and political participation; in addition, TTPRW helps fund Republican campaigns at the state and local levels; over the years, the group's members have participated in many phone banks, surveys, and voter registration efforts, and they have supported a number of worthy nonprofit organizations; and WHEREAS, Within a year of its affiliation with the Texas Federation of Republican Women in 1996, TTPRW received the federation's First Place Certificate of Recognition for nearly 18,000 campaign hours worked, and the group has received numerous other honors from the TFRW, including the Elephant Stampede Award for growth in 2006; and WHEREAS, Through their grassroots activism, members of Texas Tea Party Republican Women have made a lasting difference in their community, state, and nation, and they may take justifiable pride in their rich history of civic engagement; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas Legislature hereby congratulate Texas Tea Party Republican Women on the occasion of its 30th anniversary and extend to the group sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for the organization as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Swanson Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 869 was adopted by the House on March 30, 2023, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House