[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 103 (Thursday, July 25, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H5617]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                       TRIBUTE TO HON. TONY HALL

  (Mrs. JONES of Ohio asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. JONES of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate the 
opportunity and the blessing that has been given to my colleague and 
the dean of the Ohio Democratic delegation, Tony Hall. Unlike some of 
the speakers who came before me, I have not known him 20 years. I have 
only known him the past 4 years when I came to the U.S. Congress as the 
Representative for the 11th Congressional District of Ohio.
  I found him to be all of the things that the colleagues, my 
colleagues, have previously said, kind, gentle, hard-working, with a 
deep concern for people all across this world. Very recently I had an 
opportunity to travel to Egypt, and I traveled with the AED as well as 
USAID to look at educational opportunities in these communities for 
women and girls. It was an eye-opening experience for me to have that 
opportunity because I realized and saw for myself the poverty and the 
lack of living standards that these poor young men and women were 
living in, and children. The educational programs provided an 
opportunity for young girls to get educated, because in Egypt, that is 
not a place where education is something that is done for young women 
out in the rural areas.
  I also had an opportunity to understand what we can do through 
education and education in providing food and shelter to people to deal 
with some of the hate that exists in this world. I am so pleased to 
have had an opportunity in my 4 years to have Tony Hall as my counsel, 
to have him as a guide, to have him as a model, to have him show the 
type of leadership, because we are going to come to learn in this 
Nation that we cannot just fight terrorism in this country by dealing 
with it by war. We have to fight terrorism by dealing with it with 
younger people and teaching them the importance of feeding the hungry, 
of giving water to the thirsty or giving clothing to those who do not 
have any clothing.
  I just want to take my hat off to you, Tony Hall, and say it has been 
a privilege to serve with you in the House of Representatives. And 
since you are going to Rome, Italy, save me a bed. I am coming to see 
you.

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