House Bill 9075

    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                HR 9075

        By Representative Bloom






  1                         House Resolution

  2         A resolution honoring retired Congressman

  3         William Lehman.

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  5         WHEREAS, Congressman William Lehman served in the

  6  United States House of Representatives for 20 years,

  7  representing northern Miami-Dade County, where the Lehman

  8  Causeway was named in his honor, and is credited with

  9  obtaining funding for Miami's Metrorail system, and

10         WHEREAS, Congressman Lehman is to be honored with the

11  Tree of Life Award, presented by the Jewish National Fund, for

12  his decades of distinguished public service and his commitment

13  to the State of Israel, and

14         WHEREAS, starting out as a used car salesman in Selma,

15  Alabama, William "Alabama Bill" Lehman sought to earn a

16  teaching certificate and went to work at Miami Norland High

17  School, eventually being elected to the Dade County Public

18  School Board and again as chairman of the school board, and

19         WHEREAS, after serving on the Dade County School Board,

20  William Lehman was elected to the United States House of

21  Representatives, where he served for 20 years, and during his

22  last 10 years of tenure in Congress, Congressman Lehman held

23  the chairmanship of the Appropriations Committee on

24  Transportation, and

25         WHEREAS, it is fitting and proper that the House of

26  Representatives, in concert with the Jewish National Fund,

27  recognize and honor this distinguished and dedicated

28  statesman, NOW, THEREFORE,

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30  Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of

31  Florida:

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  1         That the House of Representatives pauses in its

  2  deliberations to congratulate Congressman William Lehman on

  3  the occasion of his receipt of the Tree of Life Award from the

  4  Jewish National Fund, and extends its sincerest appreciation

  5  for his dedication and contributions to the State of Florida.

  6         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution

  7  be presented to Congressman Lehman as a tangible token of the

  8  sentiments expressed herein.

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