Whereas the Texas Ranger Division of the Texas Department of Public Safety was established in 1823 and will commemorate its 200th anniversary in 2023; Whereas the Texas Rangers are the oldest law enforcement organization on the North American continent with statewide jurisdiction; Whereas the Texas Rangers have played an influential, valiant, and honorable role from the early years of Texas to the present day; Whereas, through the centuries, the Texas Rangers have served as— (1) a citizen militia, protecting ranches, farms, and settlements against hostile raids; (2) frontier peace officers, protecting against outlaws and banditry; (3) law enforcement to new towns and settlements on burgeoning railroad routes and cattle trails; and (4) State police, handling lawlessness in oil boomtowns, violations of Prohibition, and gangsters; Whereas, in 1935, the Texas Rangers were incorporated into one of the first departments of public safety in the United States; Whereas the Texas Rangers are internationally respected for— (1) conducting major criminal investigations; (2) suppressing organized crime; (3) performing border reconnaissance; (4) expertise with respect to special weapons and tactics; (5) serving as bomb squads; (6) special rapid response capabilities; (7) crisis negotiation capabilities; (8) joint intelligence center management; and (9) investigating unsolved crimes; Whereas the pioneering initiatives of the Texas Rangers, such as the Interdiction for the Protection of Children program, have resulted in invitations from law enforcement agencies throughout the United States and internationally, from Australia to Great Britain, to help initiate similar law enforcement initiatives; Whereas the Texas Rangers have partnered with Federal agencies on numerous public safety and relief initiatives, such as in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, and with the Federal Bureau of Investigation on numerous occasions, including the pursuit of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow in 1934