Brady is August Commencement Speaker
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Congressman Kevin
Brady |
U. S. Congressman Kevin Brady is scheduled to speak at Sam
Houston State University's Aug. 7 commencement exercises.
Almost 800 students have applied for degrees to be conferred
at the 10 a.m. ceremony for the Colleges of Education and
Applied Science and Criminal Justice and at 2 p.m. for the
Colleges of Arts and Sciences and Business Administration.
Both sessions are scheduled for Johnson Coliseum.
Brady is serving his fourth term in Congress, representing
the Eighth District of Texas in the U. S. House of Representatives.
As a member of Congress, Brady has focused on international
trade, technology, tax reform and closing safe havens around
the globe for criminals who flee American justice.
He is best known as author of the Federal Sunset Act which
would abolish obsolete agencies and eliminate duplication.
He also has a special interest in curing pulmonary hypertension,
a disease that strikes primarily women and young children.
Brady serves on the House Ways and Means Committee. Considered
by many to be one of the most powerful committees in Congress,
the Ways and Means Committee has jurisdiction over all legislation
relating to taxes, Medicare and Social Security.
In Congress, Brady has been named a Hero of the Taxpayer,
Small Business Champion and a Super Friend-of-the-Seniors.
He has received the golden Bulldog Award by Watchdogs of the
Treasury, special recognition by Citizens Against Government
Waste, and is a perennial winner of the Guardian of Small
Business Award and Spirit of Enterprise Award.
The Texas Medical Association recently honored Brady with
its statewide Patient Protection Award, and the Texas Department
of Criminal Justice named him their Texas Victims Advocate
in 1998.
Prior to his election to the U. S. Congress in 1996, Brady
served six years in the Texas House of Representatives, earning
distinction as one of the Ten Best Legislators for Children
and Family Issues, Legislative Standout for campaign finance
reform, and in 1994 was named one of Five Outstanding Young
Texans.
He also received numerous awards from victims' rights groups
for his criminal justice reform.
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SHSU Media Contact: Julia
May
July 29, 2004
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