[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 67 (Wednesday, May 25, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: May 25, 1994]
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                               CAL THOMAS

  Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President, I rise today to congratulate my friend 
Cal Thomas, who just has put out a new book called ``The Things That 
Matter Most.''
  Cal Thomas is a nationally syndicated columnist appearing in hundreds 
of newspapers every week all across America and soon he will be the 
host of his television show.
  I go way back with Cal. We started working in our careers together. 
We were with KPRC Radio in Houston, TX. Cal was a great friend to me 
then, and he was one of those with old fashioned values, which is 
loyalty to old friends. He also has common sense.
  Common sense is not in short supply among ordinary Americans, but it 
is sometimes in short supply around Washington, DC.
  But he had an idea that he would do a new kind of column, the kind of 
column that would be based on common sense, religious commitment, and 
family values. I am sure that at the time Cal thought of it no one 
thought that kind of column would go across America in the 1980's, but 
that was just Cal. That was what he was. That was what he wanted to 
talk about, and he did make a go of it. And now he is one of the most 
popular columnists in all America. He did it with wit and wisdom.
  So I want to stand here tonight to congratulate Cal Thomas. He does 
personify the things that matter most. I appreciate someone of his 
integrity continuing to write so that all of us in America can enjoy 
the things that he says.
  I hope that he will have a very successful book.
  I want to say that you, Mr. President, and I want to say I think Cal 
Thomas is the kind of person that I wish we had more of.
  I yield the floor and I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. MOYNIHAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. GRAHAM). Without objection, it is so 
ordered.

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