WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, D-Texas, issued the following speech, which was published in the Congressional Record on May 17, recognizing the life and legacy Doris Margaret Ward, ex-president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors:

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of a passionate civil rights activist, committed community servant, and my dear friend--Doris Margaret Ward. She embodied the ideal of what it means to be a true public servant and to sel . . .

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