[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 114 (Wednesday, September 5, 2001)]
[House]
[Page H5345]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             CONDOLENCES TO FAMILY OF THE REVEREND JIM FORD

  (Mr. COBLE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. COBLE. Madam Speaker, I, too, want to join my friend, the 
gentleman from Illinois (Mr. LaHood) in remembering Jim Ford.
  Tom Bliley, a recently retired Member from Virginia, and I and other 
Members would play tennis frequently with Chaplain Ford. I really came 
to know him, Madam Speaker, on the tennis court rather than within 
these halls.
  He used to have a shot: He would put an obvious spin on the ball. 
When the ball would strike the surface of the court, it would be 
virtually impossible to gauge in what direction it would go. Jim Ford 
called that his squirrel shot, and Bliley and I used to refer to that 
as Chaplain Ford's patented squirrel shot.
  Madam Speaker, we have an outstanding Chaplain in Father Dan. We had 
an outstanding Chaplain in Jim Ford. We want to remember Mrs. Ford and 
the children in this hour of grief.

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