[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 13 (Wednesday, January 31, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Pages S571-S572]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      TRIBUTE TO RALPH YARBOROUGH

  Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President, I rise today to pay tribute to one of 
my predecessors, Ralph W. Yarborough of Austin, who died last weekend.
  Ralph Yarborough was reared in Chandler, TX, attended West Point and 
what we know as Sam Houston State University. He worked as a teacher, a 
trade emissary, a National Guardsman, a lawyer, an Assistant Attorney 
General, a judge, an Army officer in World War II, a writer, and a U.S. 
Senator. In the Army, he served on the staff of Gen. George Patton. He 
was among only three southern Senators to support the 1965 Voting 
Rights Act and was a key supporter of the National Cancer Act.
  Senator Yarborough and I share a common background. We have deep 

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  east Texas roots. We attended the University of Texas law school. We 
both held this seat in the U.S. Senate, which both of us reached 
through a special election in the spring after the resignation of a 
Senator in January. Like me, he reached this Chamber less than 2 years 
before the term was up, and probably felt, as I did, envy for Members 
of the other body, who have a full 2 years between campaigns.
  Mr. President, on behalf of all the citizens of Texas, I offer to 
Mrs. Yarborough, his widow, the rest of the Yarborough family, and his 
many friends, our deepest condolences. May he rest in peace.
  Mr. President, I yield the floor and suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. THOMAS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The Senator from Wyoming is recognized.

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