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                                <p>The Texas A&amp;M System Board of Regents recognized A&amp;M’s ongoing involvement in Hurricane Harvey relief during a special telephonic meeting Wednesday morning.</p><p>Led by A&amp;M System Chancellor John Sharp, the Governor’s Commission to Rebuild Texas was created by Texas Governor Greg Abbott to coordinate the statewide relief and reconstruction effort.</p><p>"This new commission, led by Chancellor Sharp, will ensure victims get everything they need, and seamlessly provide resources to these devastated communities,” Abbott said during the announcement of the commission on Sept. 7. “Texas will not rest until this process is complete, and I thank Chancellor Sharp for his leadership on this commission."</p>
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