[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 54 (Thursday, April 26, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E651]
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DESIGNATION OF THE LEE H. HAMILTON FEDERAL BUILDING AND U.S. COURTHOUSE 
                         IN NEW ALBANY, INDIANA

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                           HON. BARON P. HILL

                               of indiana

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 26, 2001

  Mr. HILL. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to rise today to introduce H.R. 
1583, a bill to name the Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in New 
Albany, Indiana, after my friend, mentor, colleague and the former 
Congressman of southern Indiana's 9th district, Lee Hamilton. I would 
like to thank State Representatives Bill Cochran and Jim Bottorff of 
the Indiana General Assembly for urging Congress to designate this 
building in honor of Lee.
  Lee Hamilton served the people of southern Indiana with distinction 
for 34 years in the United States House of Representatives. In the 
course of his long career, he established himself as a leader in 
international affairs, serving as the chairman of the House Foreign 
Relations Committee, the House Intelligence Committee and the Iran-
Contra Investigation Committee. Lee was an honorable, forthright and 
trustworthy member of Congress whom we could always count on for a calm 
voice of reason as our nation dealt with foreign policy issues 
throughout the Cold War.
  Lee Hamilton served as my Congressman from the time I was 12 years 
old until he retired in 1998. Lee's common sense leadership in Congress 
helped make southern Indiana a better place for Hoosier families to 
live and work for over thirty years. No matter how important he became 
out in Washington, we always knew he was working hard for us.
  When Lee retired from Congress in 1998, Washington Post columnist 
David Broder wrote, ``Hamilton is a throwback to the old days of the 
House and not just because he still has the crew cut he wore when he 
came to Washington as a small-town Hoosier lawyer in the Democratic 
landslide of 1964. He is an exemplar of the common-sense, instinctively 
moderate model of legislator that used to be common in Congress but is 
increasingly rare today.''
  Lee currently serves as the Director of the Woodrow Wilson 
International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC and the Director of 
The Center on Congress at Indiana University. He has received numerous 
public service awards including the Paul H. Nitze Award for 
Distinguished Authority on National Security Affairs, the Phillip C. 
Habib Award for Distinguished Public Service, the American Political 
Science Association Hubert Humphrey Award, the Indiana Humanities 
Council Lifetime Achievement Award, and the U.S. Association of Former 
Members of Congress' Statesmanship Award.
  I believe it is only fitting that we designate the Federal Building 
and U.S. Courthouse in New Albany as the Lee H. Hamilton Building to 
pay tribute to his limitless dedication and service to the people of 
southern Indiana.

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