[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 20 (Thursday, February 16, 2006)]
[House]
[Pages H336-H337]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             JUDY McDONALD

  (Mr. GOHMERT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. GOHMERT. Madam Speaker, I come today to the floor of the House to 
honor the achievements of one of my constituents in the First 
Congressional District of Texas, Judy McDonald. Judy has been a model 
citizen and someone who deserves to be honored because of the way she 
has honored East Texas. Her lifetime of work has made our country, East 
Texas, and Nacogdoches a better place to live.
  As the first female mayor in Nacogdoches and one of the first female 
mayors in Texas, Judy worked tirelessly to increase economic 
opportunities and strengthen the local economy. She has been someone 
who has

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never shied away from firsts. She was the first woman to serve on the 
advisory board of what is now known as Texas Utilities and was later 
the first woman from East Texas to be named to the Texas Utilities 
governing board.
  The reason she deserves the honor itself does not lie in the fact 
that she is a woman, but in the beauty and generosity of her heart and 
soul. Through all of her many endeavors and accomplishments, she 
remains a wonderful wife to her husband, Archie, and a magnificent 
mother to their two sons, Tucker and Christopher.
  I am proud to say she is not only a great friend of East Texas, but 
she is a friend of mine. Madam Speaker, with this one piece of advice 
to anyone encountering Judy, if she is pushing a project, you have two 
options: number one, get on board; or, number two, get run over.

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