Bill Text: TX HR679 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Honoring the Conner Harrington Republican Women of Plano for their contributions to the community.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-03-23 - Reported enrolled [HR679 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HR679-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 679 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Members of the Conner Harrington Republican Women of | ||
| Plano have played an active role in their community and beyond for | ||
| more than four decades; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Organized in the home of Gladys Harrington in 1971, | ||
| this group of concerned citizens had 16 original members, united by | ||
| a vision of small government and individual liberty and | ||
| responsibility; the club was named for the late Conner Harrington, | ||
| who served as mayor of Plano and as a member of the State Republican | ||
| Executive Committee; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Conner Harrington Republican Women began | ||
| holding night meetings to allow working mothers to attend, and they | ||
| conducted all business in an open format to ensure that everyone | ||
| could participate; the club has won awards from the National and | ||
| Texas Federations of Republican Women, and its members have gone on | ||
| to win elected office and serve at the highest levels in the state | ||
| federation and in the Republican Party of Texas; and | ||
| WHEREAS, During a busy and productive 2014, the Conner | ||
| Harrington Republican Women completed a number of projects for the | ||
| TFRW Caring for America program and delivered books for the Mamie | ||
| Eisenhower Library Project; in addition, the club funded | ||
| scholarships in support of women's education and organized efforts | ||
| to keep its members informed about a variety of important political | ||
| and social issues; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Under the leadership of current president Andrea | ||
| Stroh Thompson, members of the Conner Harrington Republican Women | ||
| are making a lasting difference through their grassroots political | ||
| activism, and they may take justifiable pride in their rich history | ||
| of civic engagement and their reputation for vitality, | ||
| congeniality, and camaraderie; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby honor the Conner Harrington Republican Women for | ||
| their many years of service and extend to them sincere best wishes | ||
| for the future; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for the group as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
| House of Representatives. | ||
| Leach | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 679 was adopted by the House on March | ||
| 5, 2015, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
