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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2017

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

THANKING AND CONGRATULATING THE HONORABLE M. TERESA PAIVA WEED

FOR HER DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF RHODE ISLAND

     Introduced By: Representatives Mattiello, Shekarchi, Edwards, Morgan, and Filippi

     Date Introduced: March 28, 2017

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, The Honorable M. Teresa Paiva Weed was born and raised in the City of

Newport. She is the daughter of Arthur and Marie Paiva, who were both very active in the

community, the mother of Nicole Beede, and was married to the late Mark Weed. She is a

graduate of Rogers High School and received her Bachelor's degree from Providence College and

her Juris Doctor from Catholic University; and

     WHEREAS, In January of 1993, the Honorable M. Teresa Paiva Weed was sworn in as a

Rhode Island Senator, representing the people of Newport and Jamestown in District 13, a

position she has been re-elected to and held for more than twenty-four years; and

     WHEREAS, Throughout her years in the Senate, the Honorable M. Teresa Paiva Weed

worked diligently on myriad issues, including education, health care and economic growth, and

steadily earned the admiration of her colleagues and advancement within Senate leadership. She

served as the Senate's first female Chair of the Judiciary Committee, as Deputy Chair of the

Finance Subcommittee on Public Safety and the Environment, as Vice Chair of the Senate

Finance Committee, and as Rhode Island's first female Senate Majority Leader; and

     WHEREAS, In January of 2009, the Honorable M. Teresa Paiva Weed was elected by

her fellow Senators to serve as President of the Senate, the first woman in Rhode Island's history

to serve in that capacity, and a position she held for more than eight years; and

     WHEREAS, On March 22nd of 2017, President Paiva Weed announced her pending

departure from the General Assembly. She has been named President of the Hospital Association

of Rhode Island, the first woman to hold this title and a richly deserved accomplishment; and

     WHEREAS, The Honorable M. Teresa Paiva Weed will leave an indelible mark on the

colleagues and legislators who have had the good fortune to work by her side. Her numerous

years of devoted service to the Rhode Island Senate and the citizens of the Ocean State serve as

an inspiration and a role model of conscientious civic service; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and

Providence Plantations hereby thanks and congratulates the Honorable M. Teresa Paiva Weed as

she embarks on the next chapter of her life and service to the people of Rhode Island as President

of the Hospital Association of Rhode Island. We wish her much success, happiness and good

health; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to the Honorable M. Teresa Paiva Weed.

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