[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 68 (Thursday, May 26, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]


[Congressional Record: May 26, 1994]
From the Congressional Record Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

 
                   TRIBUTE TO JUDGE SAM HALL OF TEXAS

                                 ______


                           HON. J. J. PICKLE

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 26, 1994

  Mr. PICKLE. Mr. Speaker, in life, the happy man is the man who is 
happy doing what he does. The happiest person is the one who enjoys his 
work in this life. That is more important than making money or 
obtaining high status.
  During Judge Sam Hall's service here as Congressman, he was happy 
being the Congressman from that district. He liked the challenge. He 
was comfortable serving on the Judiciary Committee, and he thoroughly 
enjoyed the comradery and friendship of his colleagues. Here in this 
hall, Sam Hall made lifelong friends, and I believe Sam Hall was 
happier here than anybody in the House. Of course, there were stern and 
difficult decisions, but that was a normal challenge.
  Most of all Sam Hall enjoyed working with people and liked working 
out solutions without compromising his principles. Sam Hall came by 
this naturally. His family had been involved in legal and political 
matters for years, and he was an apt replacement for Wright Patman.
  Those of us who served with Sam and Madeleine had the highest respect 
for him--and for her. He was a tough legislator, but he understood that 
each Member had to meet the challenge. I believe Sam Hall fell in love 
with the House of Representatives. Even after he went back to Texas and 
became a U.S. District judge, I really think his heart was in the House 
and those of us who served with him felt that same deep warmth of 
feeling.
  Mr. Speaker, we loved Sam Hall. He was one of us. He loved this 
institution because it represented the people--and Sam Hall was of the 
people.

                          ____________________