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H.R. No. 159
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Becky Kitching Moeller of Corpus Christi has been
elected secretary-treasurer of the Texas AFL-CIO, becoming the
first female officer ever chosen by the organization; and
WHEREAS, Active in the labor movement since 1967, when she
joined Communication Workers of America Local 6137 in Corpus
Christi, Ms. Moeller has served her local union in a variety of
positions through the years, including job steward, chief steward,
executive board member, vice president, and secretary-treasurer,
and as its president since 1999; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Moeller's work at the regional and state levels
is equally impressive; she enjoyed a productive tenure as president
of the Coastal Bend Labor Council, has been a valued member of the
Texas AFL-CIO Executive Board, and also chaired the Texas AFL-CIO
Scholarship Committee; and
WHEREAS, Appointed by Governor Ann Richards to serve as chair
of the commission overseeing the Texas Department of Licensing and
Regulation, she has also worked to benefit her fellow citizens as a
member of the United Way Board of Governors and the Corpus Christi
Workforce Development Board; and
WHEREAS, In addition, Ms. Moeller has been active in the
political process through her longtime role as precinct chair of
the Nueces County Democratic Party and her participation in
numerous voter registration drives; and
WHEREAS, Deeply devoted to her family, Ms. Moeller takes
great pleasure in the relationship she shares with her daughter,
Kristie, her step-daughter, Misty, and her grandchildren, Taylor,
Taryn, and Savannah; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Moeller's remarkable contributions to organized
labor in the State of Texas are an inspiration to all who know her,
and it is most appropriate that she be honored at this time; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas
Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby congratulate Becky
Kitching Moeller on her election as secretary-treasurer of the
Texas AFL-CIO and extend to her sincere best wishes for success in
her new post; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Ms. Moeller as an expression of high regard by the
Texas House of Representatives.
Capelo
Craddick Geren Mercer
Allen Giddings Merritt
Alonzo Goodman Miller
Bailey Goolsby Moreno of Harris
Baxter Griggs Moreno of El Paso
Berman Grusendorf Morrison
Bohac Guillen Mowery
Bonnen Gutierrez Naishtat
Branch Haggerty Nixon
Brown of Kaufman Hamilton Noriega
Brown of Brazos Hamric Oliveira
Burnam Hardcastle Olivo
Callegari Harper-Brown Paxton
Campbell Hartnett Pena
Canales Heflin Phillips
Capelo Hegar Pickett
Casteel Hilderbran Pitts
Castro Hill Puente
Chavez Hochberg Quintanilla
Chisum Hodge Raymond
Christian Homer Reyna
Coleman Hope Riddle
Cook of Navarro Hopson Ritter
Cook of Colorado Howard Rodriguez
Corte Hughes Rose
Crabb Hunter Seaman
Crownover Hupp Smith of Tarrant
Davis of Harris Isett Smith of Harris
Davis of Dallas Jones of Lubbock Smithee
Dawson Jones of Bexar Solis
Delisi Jones of Dallas Solomons
Denny Keel Stick
Deshotel Keffer of Dallas Swinford
Driver Keffer of Eastland Talton
Dukes King Taylor
Dunnam Kolkhorst Telford
Dutton Krusee Thompson
Edwards Kuempel Truitt
Eiland Laney Turner
Eissler Laubenberg Uresti
Elkins Lewis Van Arsdale
Ellis Luna Villarreal
Escobar Mabry West
Farabee Madden Wilson
Farrar Marchant Wise
Flores Martinez Fischer Wohlgemuth
Flynn McCall Wolens
Gallego McClendon Wong
Garza McReynolds Woolley
Gattis Menendez Zedler
______________________________
Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 159 was adopted by the House on August
22, 2003, by a non-record vote.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House