TITLE: Commending Linda Christofilis for her years of service to the State of Texas.

SUMMARY: Commending Linda Christofilis for her years of service to the State of Texas.

FULL TEXT:
WHEREAS, Linda Christofilis has dedicated the past three decades to serving the people of Texas as a member of the legislative community, and she is indeed deserving of special recognition for her outstanding efforts; and WHEREAS, Born prophetically on Texas Independence Day, Ms. Christofilis began her long affiliation with the state legislature in the mid-1980s, when she was hired as a committee clerk for the Senate Health and Human Services Committee under Senator Chet Brooks; she worked as a legislative aide for Senator Mike Moncrief from 1991 to 2003 and was subsequently named chief of staff for Representative Rick Noriega, during whose tenure she helped to promote passage of the Texas Dream Act; and WHEREAS, Ms. Christofilis went on to work for Senator Rodney Ellis before returning to the house to join the staff of Representative Ruth Jones McClendon as clerk of the Rules & Resolutions Committee; over the course of her career, she has shared her expertise and been a caring mentor to a host of new staffers and interns, and she continues to keep apprised of developments and achievements in many of their lives and careers to this day; along the way, she has marked a number of milestones of her own, raising two children as a single parent and welcoming the arrival of three treasured granddaughters; and WHEREAS, With her kind and caring ways, Linda Christofilis has made countless friends over the course of the past 30 years, and her contributions as a staffer for both the house and senate have made a lasting and positive difference in the Capitol community and beyond; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas Legislature hereby commend Linda Christofilis on her many years of exemplary service to the State of Texas and extend to her warmest best wishes for continued happiness and fulfillment; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for Ms. Christofilis as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Villalba McClendon Kacal 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. 2802 was adopted by the House on May 21, 2015, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House