The 'Lovely' Old Dears by David Richards

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September 13, 2006, after a valiant fight with esophageal Lives of Texans and Americans across the Nation, passed away Texas politics, an American icon and patriot, who touched the Whereas Dorothy Ann Willis Richards, the First Lady of 42) recognizing Ann Richards'Įxtraordinary contributions to Texas and American public life. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules andĪgree to the resolution (H. Government Publishing Office, RECOGNIZING ANN RICHARDS' EXTRAORDINARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO TEXAS AND Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 4 - RECOGNIZING ANN RICHARDS' EXTRAORDINARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO TEXAS AND AMERICAN PUBLIC LIFE

The 'Lovely' Old Dears by David Richards