[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 40 (Thursday, April 14, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: April 14, 1994]
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                  U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE SAM B. HALL, JR.

  Mr. GRAMM. Mr. President, this week, U.S. district judge Sam B. Hall, 
Jr., a dear friend who served the people of Texas for most of his adult 
life, passed away. Sam Hall, a lifetime resident of Marshall, TX, was 
my mentor in the House of Representatives, and it was my distinct honor 
and privilege to have served with him during my tenure there from 1979 
to 1985. I was further honored to recommend him to President Reagan for 
a Federal judgeship, in the eastern district of Texas, which he assumed 
upon leaving Congress. He has left a legacy of public service that has 
seldom been duplicated and will be long remembered by those of us who 
knew and loved him.
  This past Monday, I, with Senator Hutchison, introduced a bill to 
rename the Federal building and U.S. courthouse in Marshall, TX, the 
``Sam B. Hall, Jr. Federal Building and United States Courthouse.''
  This is an appropriate memorial for a man who devoted his life to 
serving the people of Marshall and east Texas, by practicing, making, 
and applying the law with remarkable ability and compassionate concern.
  Sam was an archetypal Texan: honest, courageous, and tough. It is no 
exaggeration to say that without Sam Hall, much of the good we 
accomplished in the 1980's in Washington would not have happened. He 
was a man who placed principle above party, and service to God, 
country, and family above all else.
  Sam will be deeply missed by the community he loved so well and so 
ably served. But his good deeds and fine example will be a model of 
public service for generations to come. I am proud to call him my 
friend.

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