Bill Text: TX HR2305 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Honoring Eddie Bernice Johnson for her service as a United States congresswoman.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-24 - Filed [HR2305 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR2305-Introduced.html
88R32727 BPG-D | ||
By: Reynolds | H.R. No. 2305 |
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WHEREAS, The Honorable Eddie Bernice Johnson of Dallas | ||
retired as dean of the Texas congressional delegation in January | ||
2023, concluding a noteworthy tenure spanning 15 terms in office; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, Admired as a trailblazer, Representative Johnson | ||
became the first Black woman ever elected to public office in Dallas | ||
when she won a seat in the Texas House in 1972; twenty years later, | ||
she earned distinction as the first registered nurse ever to serve | ||
in Congress; she became the first Black woman to chair the House | ||
Science, Safety, and Technology Committee in 2019; and | ||
WHEREAS, Representative Johnson was an ardent champion of | ||
STEM education for girls and minority students, and she helped | ||
secure passage of the CHIPS and Sciences Act to increase production | ||
of semiconductor chips in the United States; moreover, she played | ||
an important role in the development of The University of Texas | ||
Arlington and Dallas campuses as Tier One Research facilities; and | ||
WHEREAS, Benefiting transportation and the economy in North | ||
Texas, Representative Johnson was instrumental in passage of the | ||
law repealing the Wright Amendment, which had imposed flight | ||
restrictions on Dallas Love Field; throughout her tenure, she | ||
worked tirelessly to bring federal funding for Dallas Area Rapid | ||
Transit; her efforts also proved key in legislation that helped | ||
enable construction of AT&T Stadium in Arlington; she excelled in | ||
forging positive relationships across the aisle to achieve results | ||
for her constituents; and | ||
WHEREAS, Representative Johnson was born in Waco in 1935, and | ||
after graduating from A. J. Moore High School, she earned her | ||
nursing certificate from St. Mary's College at the University of | ||
Notre Dame; she went on to receive a bachelor's degree from Texas | ||
Christian University and a master of public administration degree | ||
from Southern Methodist University; while employed by the Veterans | ||
Administration hospital in Dallas, she was a psychotherapist and | ||
chief psychiatric nurse; following three terms in the Texas House, | ||
she served as an administrator for the United States Department of | ||
Health, Education, and Welfare; she then became a business owner | ||
and served in the Texas Senate from 1987 to 1993; and | ||
WHEREAS, Over the course of her long and distinguished career | ||
in public service, Eddie Bernice Johnson demonstrated a deep | ||
understanding of the needs of her constituents and an unyielding | ||
commitment to building a brighter future for all Americans; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby honor Eddie Bernice Johnson for her exemplary | ||
service as a United States congresswoman and extend to her sincere | ||
best wishes for the future; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Representative Johnson as an expression of high regard | ||
by the Texas House of Representatives. |