TITLE: Commending Katrina Parkey for her service as a McClendon Legislative Scholar in the office of Speaker Joe Straus.

SUMMARY: Commending Katrina Parkey for her service as a McClendon Legislative Scholar in the office of Speaker Joe Straus.

FULL TEXT:
WHEREAS, Katrina Parkey, a participant in the McClendon Scholars Program, has provided valuable support as a legislative intern in the office of Speaker Joe Straus 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, A senior at UTSA, Ms. Parkey expects to receive her bachelor's degree in history and legal studies in May 2015; she received a full-ride undergraduate scholarship as a Terry Foundation Scholar, and she served a semester-long internship at the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C., as a Bill Archer Fellow; she has also served as a justice in the Student Government Association, and she was the family relations director of the For the Kids Dance Marathon, helping to raise more than $50,000 for charity; and WHEREAS, While gaining important experience in the field of public service as a member of Speaker Straus's staff, Katrina Parkey 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 Katrina Parkey for her work as a McClendon Scholar and a legislative intern in the office of Speaker Joe Straus and extend to her sincere best wishes for continued success in all her endeavors; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for Ms. Parkey as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. McClendon Straus Gonz lez Otto Allen Guerra Paddie 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. 3171 was adopted by the House on May 30, 2015, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House