Texas HR 699: Congratulating Virginia Ganey Stubbs on her 80th birthday.

Bill Text

89(R) HR 699 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

  

  

  
 H.R. No. 699

  

  

   

 R E S O L U T I O N

   

        WHEREAS, Nucor Corporation is celebrating the 50th 

  

 anniversary of its Nucor Steel--Texas plant in Jewett in 2025; and

  

        WHEREAS, Established in 1975, the Jewett facility was one of 

  

 the first electric arc furnace plants in the United States; the 

  

 electric arc process for melting and recycling scrap steel is more 

  

 cost-effective than integrated iron and steel production and blast 

  

 furnaces, and it generates significantly less pollution; and

  

        WHEREAS, A leader in the steel industry, Nucor Corporation 

  

 helped drive the shift from refining to recycling as the primary 

  

 method of steel production; today, it is North America's largest 

  

 steel and steel products manufacturer and its largest recycler, 

  

 processing approximately 20 million tons of scrap metal last year; 

  

 and

  

        WHEREAS, Nucor recently expanded into new markets in Texas 

  

 with the acquisition and opening of facilities in Lewisville and 

  

 Houston; on an annual basis, its six Texas divisions have a 

  

 recycling capacity of 1.5 million tons of steel and a production 

  

 capacity of nearly 1.7 million tons; the company also employs 

  

 approximately 2,300 Texans at the plants; and

  

        WHEREAS, Since 2010, the Nucor divisions in Jewett, Terrell, 

  

 and Grapeland have been annually awarded Voluntary Protection 

  

 Program Star status from the Occupational Safety and Health 

  

 Administration; moreover, Nucor Steel--Texas earned a Texas 

  

 Environmental Excellence Award for its efforts in resource 

  

 conservation, waste reduction, and pollution prevention; and

  

        WHEREAS, Nucor Steel--Texas has contributed significantly to 

  

 the prosperity of Jewett over the past five decades, and it is 

  

 indeed fitting to recognize this significant milestone in the 

  

 company's history; now, therefore, be it

  

        RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas 

  

 Legislature hereby congratulate Nucor Corporation on the 50th 

  

 anniversary of its Nucor Steel--Texas plant in Jewett and extend to 

  

 all those associated with the company sincere best wishes for 

  

 continued success; and, be it further

  

        RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 

  

 prepared for Nucor as an expression of high regard by the Texas 

   

 House of Representatives.

  

   

 Orr

   

   

 ______________________________

   

 Speaker of the House     

  

   

        I certify that H.R. No. 699 was adopted by the House on April 

   

 9, 2025, by a non-record vote.

   

   

 ______________________________

   

 Chief Clerk of the House