[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16957]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   TEXAS SENATOR KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, Kay Bailey Hutchison has been a 
fighter for the State of Texas long before she came to the U.S. Senate. 
As a graduate of the University of Texas and the University of Texas 
Law School, she first served in Austin, Texas, in the House of 
Representatives. She then served as State treasurer, and then she made 
up her mind to become the first woman to ever represent the great State 
of Texas in the United States Senate.
  Texans have been fortunate to have Kay as a feisty advocate for them. 
She's been a leader here in the Senate for almost 20 years. My 
grandmother used to always say that there's nothing more powerful than 
a woman who has made up her mind. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison is one 
of those women. She is a leader and a role model for all of us. She 
will be missed.
  Thank you, Kay, for your service to the great State of Texas and the 
United States.
  And that's just the way it is.

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