Kay Bailey Hutchison
| Kathryn "Kay" Bailey Hutchison | |
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22nd United States Permanent Representative to NATO
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office August 28, 2017 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
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| Preceded by | Douglas Lute |
| In office June 14, 1993 – January 3, 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Bob Krueger (interim for Lloyd Bentsen) |
| Succeeded by | Ted Cruz |
Texas State Treasurer
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| In office January 15, 1991 – June 14, 1993 | |
| Governor | Ann Richards |
| Preceded by | Ann Richards |
| Succeeded by | Martha Whitehead |
Texas State Representative for District 90 (Harris County)
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| In office January 9, 1973 – July 9, 1976 | |
| Preceded by | Tom Bass |
| Succeeded by | Brad Wright |
| Born | July 22, 1943 Galveston, Texas |
| Political party | Republican Party |
| Spouse(s) | (1) John Parks (married 1967-1969, divorced) (2) Ray Hutchison (married 1978-2014, his death) |
| Children | Four children |
| Alma mater | University of Texas at Austin UT Law School |
| Occupation | Lawyer; Politician |
| Religion | Episcopalian |
Kathryn "Kay" Bailey Hutchison (born July 22, 1943) is a Republican former U.S. Senator from her native Texas. The first female senator from Texas, she held office from 1993 through 2012. Hutchison was a candidate for the 2010 Texas gubernatorial election, when she unsuccessfully challenged the incumbent more conservative Governor Rick Perry in the primary election. She did not run for re-election to the Senate in 2012.
Kay Bailey Hutchison is pro-abortion and has voted to express that Roe v. Wade was rightly decided and should not be overturned by the United States Supreme Court.[1] Additionally, Senator Hutchison is a strong and active proponent of stem cell research that involves the killing of human embryos.[2] However, Hutchison has voted for restrictions on abortion such as supporting the 2003 Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act.
Hutchison voted for the $700 billion Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP), leading Rick Perry supporters to call her "Kay Bailout Hutchison." She also introduced an amendment in 2007 that nullified the Secure Fence Act of 2006. Hutchison inserted 346 earmarks in the last two years spending bills costing $2.6 billion.[3]
Hutchison is the widow of Ray Hutchison, a lawyer and Republican former member of the Texas House of Representatives. The two met as fellow House members, she from Houston, and he from Dallas. Their 1978 marriage was the second for each.
In 2017, Hutchison was appointed by U.S. President Donald Trump as the U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO.
References
- ↑ https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=108&session=1&vote=00048
- ↑ http://www.rnclife.org/faxnotes/2005/may05/05-05-06.html
- ↑ Citizens Against Government Waste (http://www.cagw.org); OpenSecrets.org
