H.R. No. 1025       R E S O L U T I O N          WHEREAS, Trade between Texas and Mexico plays a vital role in   the economic prosperity of the Lone Star State; and          WHEREAS, Each year, Texas sends about 36 percent of the   state's total exports to Mexico, and in 2015, exports to Mexico   totaled nearly $92.5 million; goods exported to Mexico include   computer and electronic products, petroleum and coal products,   chemicals, machinery, and transportation equipment, all of which   are produced by industries that supply hundreds of thousands of   jobs to the Lone Star State; and          WHEREAS, Since the ratification of the North American Free   Trade Agreement in 1994, the export of U.S. goods to Mexico has   risen 325 percent, while imports into the United States from Mexico   have increased 458 percent; in 2012, Americans spent $277.5 billion   for goods from Mexico, and Mexico is America's third-largest   supplier of oil, after Canada and Saudi Arabia; additionally,   nearly half of the tomatoes and two-thirds of the mangoes consumed   in the United States come from Mexico; and          WHEREAS, The importance of this trade to Texas border cities,   counties, and businesses is very significant, and disruption to   international commerce would be economically damaging; and          WHEREAS, Mexico is the largest trading partner of Texas and   the third-largest of the United States, and it is imperative that   our federal government take proactive steps to strengthen ties with   Mexico and build bridges of economic opportunity that will benefit   Texas and the entire nation; now, therefore, be it          RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas   Legislature hereby urge the United States Congress to recognize the   importance of trade between Texas and Mexico and foster   international commerce; and, be it further                    RESOLVED, That the chief clerk of the house forward official   copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to   the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of   Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all the   members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that   this resolution be entered in the Congressional Record as a   memorial to the Congress of the United States of America.     Canales Keough   Nevárez Guerra   Raymond Alvarado   Bernal Blanco   Cortez Deshotel   Gervin-Hawkins González of El Paso   Guillen Gutierrez   Hernandez Hinojosa   Johnson of Dallas Longoria   Lozano Lucio III   Martinez Minjarez   Moody Muñoz, Jr.   Neave Ortega   Perez Reynolds   Rodriguez of Travis Rodriguez of Bexar   Romero, Jr. Rose   Turner Wu     ______________________________   Speaker of the House                 I certify that H.R. No. 1025 was adopted by the House on May   4, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 130, Nays 12, 2 present, not   voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House