[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 10]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 14136-14137]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




     RETIREMENT OF MR. RICARDO SANCHEZ FROM THE CORPUS CHRISTI RTA

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                         HON. SOLOMON P. ORTIZ

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 26, 2008

  Mr. ORTIZ. Madam Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Mr. Ricardo 
Sanchez of Corpus Christi, TX on his retirement from the Corpus Christi 
Regional Transportation Authority.
  Ricardo has been an excellent public servant for the Coastal Bend and 
has dedicated his professional career to improve the transportation 
infrastructure of South Texas.
  Ricardo has over 27 years of professional and managerial experience 
in public transportation. He started his career in public 
transportation with Houston Metro in 1983 and moved

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to the Corpus Christi RTA in 1986 to serve as Assistant to the General 
Manager.
  During his tenure with the Corpus Christi RTA, Ricardo worked in 
varying and extensive capacities serving as Assistant to the General 
Manager for Contracts and Procurement; Director of Contracts and 
Materials Management; Director of Maintenance Services, and Director of 
Special Projects.
  In May 2004, Ricardo was selected by the RTA Board of Directors to 
serve as Interim General Manager for the agency and later hired as the 
agency's General Manager.
  Ricardo has been a productive member of the community, serving in 
numerous leadership posts such as Board Member of the National Archives 
and Historical Foundation of the American GI Forum, Vice-Chair of the 
Corpus Christi Arts and Cultural Commission, and President of the 
Houston Chapter Association for the Advancement of Mexican Americans.
  Ricardo and his wife, Carmen, have three wonderful daughters--Yliana, 
Marisa, Teresa--and have one grandchild, Andrea.
  I congratulate Ricardo on his retirement and wish him and his family 
the best of luck during the next chapter of his life.

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