Rio Grande Valley Oral Histories
Raul Longoria Longoria and Earline Moorman Longoria - Part 02
Description
0:00 - Continuation of part 01.
0:56 - Senator Bentsen.
4:50 - Earline's career and experience in law.
10:56 - Female attorneys and Earline's practice.
18:26 - High points and low points of being the wife of a public servant.
22:22 - Immigration and the border.
31:30 - Politics and political procedures.
33:50 - First experiences with the Legislature.
43:00 The Highway Department and funding for the expressway.
46:04 - The Longoria family.
47:16 - Growth and expansion of the Rio Grande Valley and UTPA.
52:14 - How many terms Raul spent in the House of Representatives and some of the legislation he was involved with.
54:10 - The Railroad Commission.
56:20 - The Senate.
58:18 - The Vietnam War and how it affected Texas from a political standpoint.
This paper has been withdrawn.