H.R. No. 2112

	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, The inaugural Rosa Walker Award for Leadership event
	is being held in Austin on May 18, 2009, and this occasion
	represents an ideal opportunity to honor Mrs. Walker for her
	outstanding efforts in behalf of working Texans over the course of
	more than four decades; and
	WHEREAS, A native of Hemphill, Mrs. Walker graduated from
	Pineland High School and went to work for Southwestern Bell; her
	membership in the Communication Workers of America sparked her
	interest in organizing, and after serving as a commercial job
	steward, she joined the executive board of her union; and
	WHEREAS, The labor movement in the Lone Star State gained a
	dedicated champion when Mrs. Walker accepted a full-time position
	as an organizer for the Industrial Union Department of the AFL-CIO;
	she went on to serve with the Harris County AFL-CIO until 1965, when
	she began a remarkable 38-year career with the Texas AFL-CIO; and
	WHEREAS, Deeply committed to the needs of workers,
	Mrs. Walker served in a wide variety of capacities while holding
	the titles of director of Community Services/Volunteers and Women's
	Activities director; she also oversaw disaster relief operations,
	fought for legislation to benefit working men and women, and
	directed voter registration and get-out-the-vote drives; and
	WHEREAS, This caring citizen was a founder of the Texas
	Consumer Association and also shared her time and expertise as vice
	president of the Texas Coalition of Labor Union Women and as a
	member of the Democratic National Committee, the Texas Judicial
	Conduct Commission, and the Texas Commission on the Status of
	Women; moreover, she participated in the democratic process and
	strove to benefit workers through her efforts in behalf of local,
	state, and national political campaigns; she has been supported in
	her tireless endeavors by her husband, Boyce Breedlove, and her
	daughter, Debbie; and
	WHEREAS, Throughout her professional life, Rosa Walker has
	set a sterling example of civic engagement, and it is indeed fitting
	to honor her inspirational role and lasting achievements with a
	prestigious award bearing her name; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
	Legislature hereby commend Mrs. Walker for her contributions to the
	State of Texas and commemorate the Rosa Walker Award for Leadership
	inaugural event; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
	prepared for Mrs. Walker as an expression of high regard by the
	Texas House of Representatives.
	Alvarado
	Straus Gattis Menendez
	Allen Geren Merritt
	Alonzo Giddings Miklos
	Alvarado Gonzales Miller of Comal
	Anchia Gonzalez Toureilles Miller of Erath
	Anderson Guillen Moody
	Aycock Gutierrez Morrison
	Berman Hamilton Naishtat
	Bohac Hancock Oliveira
	Bolton Hardcastle Olivo
	Bonnen Harless Orr
	Branch Harper-Brown Ortiz, Jr.
	Brown of Kaufman Hartnett Otto
	Brown of Brazos Heflin Parker
	Burnam Hernandez Patrick
	Button Herrero Paxton
	Callegari Hilderbran Peña
	Castro Hochberg Phillips
	Chavez Hodge Pickett
	Chisum Homer Pierson
	Christian Hopson Pitts
	Cohen Howard of Fort Bend Quintanilla
	Coleman Howard of Travis Raymond
	Cook Hughes Riddle
	Corte Hunter Rios Ybarra
	Crabb Isett Ritter
	Craddick Jackson Rodriguez
	Creighton Jones Rose
	Crownover Keffer Sheffield
	Darby Kent Shelton
	Davis of Harris King of Parker Smith of Tarrant
	Davis of Dallas King of Taylor Smith of Harris
	Deshotel King of Zavala Smithee
	Driver Kleinschmidt Solomons
	Dukes Kolkhorst Strama
	Dunnam Kuempel Swinford
	Dutton Laubenberg Taylor
	Edwards Legler Thibaut
	Eiland Leibowitz Thompson
	Eissler Lewis Truitt
	Elkins Lucio III Turner of Tarrant
	England Madden Turner of Harris
	Farabee Maldonado Vaught
	Farias Mallory Caraway Veasey
	Farrar Marquez Villarreal
	Fletcher Martinez Vo
	Flores Martinez Fischer Walle
	Flynn McCall Weber
	Frost McClendon Woolley
	Gallego McReynolds Zerwas
	______________________________
	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.R. No. 2112 was adopted by the House on May
	21, 2009, by a non-record vote.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House