PRINTER'S NO. 416
No. 78 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY WILLIAMS, BELFANTI, BISHOP, BLACKWELL, BUXTON,
CALTAGIRONE, COHEN, CURRY, DENLINGER, DeWEESE, DONATUCCI,
FABRIZIO, GALLOWAY, GEIST, GEORGE, GINGRICH, GOODMAN,
GRUCELA, HESS, JAMES, JOSEPHS, MANDERINO, MANTZ, MILLARD,
M. O'BRIEN, PARKER, PETRONE, PHILLIPS, RAMALEY, SCAVELLO,
SONNEY, STURLA, THOMAS, VULAKOVICH AND YOUNGBLOOD,
FEBRUARY 13, 2007
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
FEBRUARY 13, 2007
A RESOLUTION
1 Honoring the late Representative David P. Richardson, Jr., a
2 member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1973
3 to 1995.
4 WHEREAS, Representative Richardson was born in Philadelphia
5 on April 23, 1948, a son of Elaine and David P. Richardson, Sr.;
6 and
7 WHEREAS, Representative Richardson was an activist,
8 gentleman, lawmaker, human rights advocate and political leader
9 with a strong commitment to serve, to become involved and to
10 make a difference in educational reform, social justice and
11 community improvement; and
12 WHEREAS, Representative Richardson's legislative record
13 brought him recognition as a proponent of social welfare reform
14 and prison reform, an advocate for social justice and equal
15 rights and a leader in the rights of the elderly, children, the
1 disabled and the homeless; and
2 WHEREAS, Representative Richardson was a member of numerous
3 boards and committees at both the national and State levels, and
4 he chaired the Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus and the
5 Urban Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives and was
6 Democratic chairman of the Health and Human Services Committee
7 of the House of Representatives; and
8 WHEREAS, Representative Richardson was past president of the
9 National Black Caucus of State Legislatures and served on the
10 executive Committee of the National Conference of State
11 Legislatures; and
12 WHEREAS, Representative Richardson's work and activism made
13 this Commonwealth a better place, and his legacy of fighting
14 oppression, poverty, social and economic injustice and racism
15 continues to enrich us all; therefore be it
16 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives honor the late
17 Representative David P. Richardson, Jr., a beloved family
18 member, activist, statesman, friend, gentleman, role model and
19 benefactor.
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