[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 26 (Thursday, February 9, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H1472]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                THE LATE HONORABLE J. WILLIAM FULBRIGHT

  Mr. THORNTON. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to speak out of 
order for 1 minute in order to make an announcement of interest to the 
Members of this institution.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the gentleman is 
recognized.
  There was no objection.
  Mr. THORNTON. Mr. Speaker, I come before the House today to make an 
announcement that is sad, not only to the Members of this institution 
but to all those who love freedom throughout the world.
    
    
  This morning, at 89 years of age, with his wife Harriet at his side, 
Senator J. William Fulbright died. Our condolences and thoughts are 
with his family.
  Senator Fulbright came to this House in an election in 1942 and as a 
freshman Member of this House introduced and passed the Fulbright 
resolution, which was the foundation and the architecture for the 
postwar peace effort. Moving from this House to the Senate, he compiled 
an extraordinary career. Throughout the world Fulbright scholars will 
be in mourning today as the man who gave his name to the greatest 
exchange of students in the history of the world departs from the 
world.
  He never lost confidence in America. He will be remembered as one of 
our Nation's greatest statesmen, a leader, not a follower, who 
significantly influenced the course of human events.
  Senator Fulbright was not afraid to challenge the conventional 
wisdom. We will miss his courage, his intellect, his competence, and 
his character.
  Mr. Speaker, there will be a service in Washington, DC, as well as at 
the University of Arkansas, whose College of Arts and Sciences bears 
the Senator's name, and in due course there will be an opportunity for 
a special order in this body for all those who knew and revered Senator 
J. William Fulbright.


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