88(3) HR 19 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

	H.R.  No.  19

	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Dr.  Andy Schwartz is retiring as state veterinarian
	and executive director of the Texas Animal Health Commission in
	January 2024, drawing to a close an exceptional career with the
	agency spanning nearly three and a half decades; and
	WHEREAS, Andy Schwartz grew up on his family's farm in
	Priddy; he graduated from Tarleton State University with an animal
	agriculture degree, and he earned his doctor of veterinary medicine
	degree at the Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine and
	Biomedical Sciences; and
	WHEREAS, Early in his career, Dr.  Schwartz gained valuable
	experience through his work at a mixed animal practice; in May 1990,
	he embarked on his tenure with TAHC as a field veterinarian, and he
	subsequently was promoted to the titles of region director, state
	epidemiologist, and assistant executive director; and
	WHEREAS, In 2016, Dr.  Schwartz was named state veterinarian
	and executive director of TAHC; nationally recognized among
	regulatory veterinarians and policy makers, he has helped lead the
	effort to control such animal diseases as bovine and swine
	brucellosis and pseudorabies in commercial swine while playing a
	key role in the development and execution of response plans for a
	number of foreign animal diseases; under his direction, Texas has
	remained involved with the Scrapie Eradication and the Chronic
	Wasting Disease Management Programs, and he has guided multilevel
	responses to disease outbreaks; moreover, he helps direct the Texas
	Trichomoniasis Program, which improves the health and
	marketability of cattle; and
	WHEREAS, Retirement will afford Dr.  Schwartz the opportunity
	to spend more time with his family, which includes his wife, Kathy,
	and his children and grandchildren; he also helps his mother care
	for her sheep and cattle on the family farm; and
	WHEREAS, A longtime leader in his field, Dr.  Andy Schwartz
	has distinguished himself through his exemplary efforts in behalf
	of TAHC and the animal health and agriculture industries, and he may
	indeed reflect with pride on a job well done; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas
	Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby congratulate Dr.  Andy
	Schwartz on his retirement as state veterinarian and executive
	director of the Texas Animal Health Commission and extend to him
	sincere appreciation for his many years of outstanding service;
	and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
	prepared for Dr.  Schwartz as an expression of high regard by the
	Texas House of Representatives.
	Gonz  lez of El Paso
	______________________________
	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.R. No. 19 was adopted by the House on October
	23, 2023, by a non-record vote.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House