Eddie Bernice Johnson
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Eddie Bernice Johnson is is serving her 10th term representing the 30th Congressional District of Texas. The 30th District is entirely within Dallas County and encompasses a large portion of the City of Dallas as well as the entire cities of DeSoto, Lancaster, Wilmer, Hutchins, and Balch Springs. Portions of the cities of Cedar Hill, Duncanville, Glenn Heights, Ferris, and Ovilla are also in the district. The Dallas portion of the district is home to the downtown central business district and Arts District, as well as the neighborhoods of Fair Park, Cadillac Heights, the Cedars, Victory Park, Uptown, Oak Lawn, Love Field, Urban Park, Pleasant Grove, Joppa, South Oak Cliff, Deep Ellum, Munger Place, Swiss Avenue, Lower Greenville, Forest Hills, and West Dallas.[1]
Background
Congresswoman Johnson studied nursing at St. Mary's College at the University of Notre Dame. She returned to Texas when she successfully passed the National Board Examination in Nursing. She later became Chief Psychiatric Nurse at the VA Hospital in Dallas and received a bachelor's degree in nursing from Texas Christian University in 1967. She received a master's degree in public administration from Southern Methodist University in 1976. Congresswoman Johnson is the first nurse to be elected to the U.S. Congress.[2]
Politics
Congresswoman Johnson was elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 1972 and became the first woman in Texas history to lead a major Texas House committee, the Labor Committee. As an advocate for workers, children, and families, she was recognized and appointed by President Jimmy Carter to serve as Regional Director of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in 1977. In 1986, she was elected a Texas state Senator, becoming the first female and African-American from the Dallas area to hold this office since Reconstruction.[3]
Caucuses
Congresswoman Johnson has also served in position of Senior Democratic Deputy Whip; Chair of the House Metro Congestion Coalition; Co-Chair for the Congressional Caucus on Homelessness, and Co-Chair for the TEX-21 Congressional Caucus that is a forum to address Texas transportation needs through the reauthorization of TEA-21. She is Founder and Co-Chair of the Diversity and Innovation Caucus and of the House Historical Black Colleges and Universities Caucus. In addition, Congresswoman Johnson served as Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus during the 107th Congress.[4]
2005 trip to Cuba
In July 2005, Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson and her staff member, Murat Bokcigdem spent three days in Havana, Cuba, "to explore first hand the issues facing the people of Cuba. An opportunity to foster a more pragmatic approach towards dealing with the Cuban government and finding constructive solutions to US/Cuba policy concerns". Johnson's trip cost $1,555.29 and was paid for by the Christopher Reynolds Foundation.[5]
Congressional Progressive Caucus
As of February 20 2009 Eddie Bernice Johnson was listed as a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.[6]
EMILY's List
Johnson has been supported by EMILY's List during her campaigning.
External links
References
- ↑ official congressional bio, accessed August 21, 2011
- ↑ official congressional bio, accessed August 21, 2011
- ↑ official congressional bio, accessed August 21, 2011
- ↑ official congressional bio, accessed August 21, 2011
- ↑ American Radio Works website: Trips sponsored by the Christopher Reynolds Foundation
- ↑ Congressional Progressive Caucus website: Caucus Member List
