R E S O L U T I O N
1-1 WHEREAS, The Honorable Helen Giddings has been elected
1-2 president of the National Order of Women Legislators (NOWL), and
1-3 her achievement is a great source of pride to her fellow Texans;
1-4 and
1-5 WHEREAS, NOWL is a nonpartisan organization that has been
1-6 serving women legislators and supporting effective government for
1-7 more than 60 years; with her swearing in on November 20, 2000,
1-8 Representative Giddings became both the first Texan and the first
1-9 African American to lead the organization as president; the 1999
1-10 vice president of NOWL, she was elected to her current position by
1-11 a unanimous vote of the group's 1,000 members; and
1-12 WHEREAS, Representing constituents in portions of Dallas,
1-13 Lancaster, and DeSoto for her fifth consecutive term, Ms. Giddings
1-14 has long distinguished herself as a member of this body, most
1-15 recently through her service on the House Appropriations Committee,
1-16 the House Business and Industry Committee, and the House
1-17 Administration Committee; additionally, she is the second vice
1-18 chair of the Texas Legislative Black Caucus and a former regional
1-19 vice president of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators;
1-20 and
1-21 WHEREAS, During her tenure as a state representative, she has
1-22 worked diligently to improve public education in Texas by leading
1-23 efforts to create the acclaimed "Read to Succeed" program and by
1-24 authoring legislation prohibiting liquor stores from being located
2-1 next to public schools; two scholarships have been formed in her
2-2 name as well: the Helen Giddings Scholarships for Exemplary
2-3 Students from South Africa at Prairie View A&M University and the
2-4 Helen Giddings Scholarship for high-achieving students in the
2-5 DeSoto area, both of which will positively affect the lives of many
2-6 deserving young people; and
2-7 WHEREAS, A small-business owner, community leader, and
2-8 experienced legislator, this esteemed woman has much to share with
2-9 her fellow legislators, and her tenure as president of NOWL will
2-10 undoubtedly usher in a period of great success and achievement for
2-11 both its members and the constituents they so ably represent; now,
2-12 therefore, be it
2-13 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 77th Texas
2-14 Legislature hereby congratulate the Honorable Helen Giddings on her
2-15 election as president of the National Order of Women Legislators
2-16 and extend to her sincere best wishes for continued success and
2-17 happiness; and, be it further
2-18 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
2-19 prepared for Ms. Giddings as an expression of high regard by her
2-20 colleagues in the Texas House of Representatives.
Danburg Brown of Kaufman
Chavez Crownover
Davis of Dallas Delisi
Denny Dukes
Ehrhardt Farrar
Gray Hamric
Hawley Hodge
Hupp Jones of Bexar
Kitchen Kolkhorst
Luna McClendon
Morrison Mowery
Olivo Rangel
Reyna of Dallas Thompson
Truitt Wohlgemuth
Woolley
Laney Goodman Merritt
Alexander Goolsby Miller
Allen Gray Moreno of Harris
Averitt Green Moreno of El Paso
Bailey Grusendorf Morrison
Berman Gutierrez Mowery
Bonnen Haggerty Naishtat
Bosse Hamric Najera
Brimer Hardcastle Nixon
Brown of Kaufman Hartnett Noriega
Brown of Brazos Hawley Oliveira
Burnam Heflin Olivo
Callegari Hilbert Pickett
Capelo Hilderbran Pitts
Carter Hill Puente
Chavez Hinojosa Ramsay
Chisum Hochberg Rangel
Christian Hodge Reyna of Bexar
Clark Homer Reyna of Dallas
Coleman Hope Ritter
Cook Hopson Sadler
Corte Howard Salinas
Counts Hunter Seaman
Crabb Hupp Shields
Craddick Isett Smith
Crownover Janek Smithee
Cuellar Jones of Lubbock Solis
Danburg Jones of Bexar Solomons
Davis of Harris Jones of Dallas Swinford
Davis of Dallas Junell Talton
Delisi Keel Telford
Denny Keffer Thompson
Deshotel King of Parker Tillery
Driver King of Uvalde Truitt
Dukes Kitchen Turner of Coleman
Dunnam Kolkhorst Turner of Harris
Dutton Krusee Uher
Edwards Kuempel Uresti
Ehrhardt Lewis of Tarrant Villarreal
Eiland Lewis of Orange Walker
Elkins Longoria West
Ellis Luna Williams
Farabee McCall Wilson
Farrar McClendon Wise
Flores McReynolds Wohlgemuth
Gallego Madden Wolens
Garcia Marchant Woolley
George Martinez Fischer Yarbrough
Geren Maxey Zbranek
Glaze Menendez
_______________________________
Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 53 was adopted by the House on
January 11, 2001, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House