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U.S. Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson, Representing the 30th District of Texas

Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson Speaks at the Dallas AFL-CIO Annual Labor Day Breakfast

Sep 3, 2013
Press Release

Dallas, TX – (Tuesday, September 3, 2013) –  On Monday, Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson spoke at the Dallas AFL-CIO Annual Labor Day Breakfast. The breakfast was held at the Hampton Inn and Suites in Mesquite, Texas.

“The future of Texas is bound together with the future of labor,” said Congresswoman Johnson. “As I reflect on the March on Washington, I recall that it was union leadership that made the March a reality. Like you within the labor movement, I stand for the people of this country. We cannot give up, we cannot give in.”

There were about 1500 people in attendance from labor unions, clergy, community organizations and elected state and local officials.

 

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U.S. Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson is the highest-ranking Texan on the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure and a Ranking member of the Science Committee. She represents the 30th Congressional District of Texas, which includes Downtown Dallas, Fair Park, Kessler Park, Old East Dallas, Pleasant Grove, South Dallas & South Oak Cliff; all of Cedar Hill, DeSoto, Duncanville, Hutchins, Lancaster & Wilmer and parts of Ferris, Glenn Heights, South Grand Prairie, Oak Lawn, Ovilla, Uptown/Victory Park and West Dallas.