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Moment of Silence Honoring Representative Kay Granger
“I am honoring former Representative Kay Granger, who died on August 2. She was the first woman to lead the House Appropriations Committee and broke many other barriers for women in government.”
“Mr. Speaker, on August 2 we lost Kay Granger. All of you knew her. She was a legend in this Chamber. She was a legend in Fort Worth, Texas. She was a legend in Texas. She was a legend in America. At her funeral a week ago Saturday, her son spoke so eloquently about her. He didn’t talk about her accomplishments here. He talked about her being just an ordinary mom, just an ordinary person who happened to do extraordinary things. She was the first Republican woman mayor of the city of Fort Worth. She was the first Republican woman ever to be elected to Congress from Texas. As many of you know and so many of her fellow appropriators who are up here know, she was the first woman to be chair of the Defense Subcommittee on Appropriations and then the first woman ever in the U.S. Congress to be chair of the Appropriations Committee. She broke down barriers everywhere she went. When people said, ``You can’t do that,’’ she said, ``Tell me why. I am going to anyway,’’ as all of you know, especially when she rose to be the Appropriations Committee chair. She didn’t get there because it was easy. She got there because it was tough, and she always took the tough route. She was an extraordinary woman. Fort Worth has lost a legend. We will never forget her, and we will remember her forever just as every single one of you who served with her will as well. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Veasey), my Democratic colleague.”
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Mr. Speaker, on August 2 we lost Kay Granger. All of you knew her. She was a legend in this Chamber. She was a legend in Fort Worth, Texas. She was a legend in Texas. She was a legend in America. At her funeral a week ago Saturday, her son spoke so eloquently about her. He didn’t talk about her accomplishments here. He talked about her being just an ordinary mom, just an ordinary person who happened to do extraordinary things. She was the first Republican woman mayor of the city of Fort Worth. She was the first Republican woman ever to be elected to Congress from Texas. As many of you know and so many of her fellow appropriators who are up here know, she was the first woman to be chair of the Defense Subcommittee on Appropriations and then the first woman ever in the U.S. Congress to be chair of the Appropriations Committee. She broke down barriers everywhere she went. When people said, ``You can’t do that,’’ she said, ``Tell me why. I am going to anyway,’’ as all of you know, especially when she rose to be the Appropriations Committee chair. She didn’t get there because it was easy. She got there because it was tough, and she always took the tough route. She was an extraordinary woman. Fort Worth has lost a legend. We will never forget her, and we will remember her forever just as every single one of you who served with her will as well. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Veasey), my Democratic colleague.