[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 14 (Thursday, February 10, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E219]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        TONY HALL FEDERAL BUILDING AND UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE

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                               speech of

                            HON. ROB PORTMAN

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 8, 2005

  Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor my friend, fellow 
Ohioan, and former colleague, Ambassador Tony Hall, upon overwhelming 
House passage of legislation to designate the building located at 200 
West Second Street in Dayton, Ohio as the ``Tony Hall Federal Building 
and Courthouse.''
  Currently United States Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for 
Food and Agriculture, Mr. Hall is well known to those of us from Ohio 
and in the House. But for those who are not familiar with his 
distinguished career, permit me to relate just a few of his many 
accomplishments.
  Prior to serving as Ambassador, Mr. Hall represented the people of 
the Third Congressional District of Ohio for nearly 24 years. During 
his service in Congress, he was a founding member and Chairman of the 
House Select Committee on Hunger and Chairman of the Democratic Caucus 
on Hunger. Ambassador Hall also founded and served as a steering 
committee member for the Congressional Friends of Human Rights 
Monitors.
  In Congress, Ambassador Hall wrote significant legislation supporting 
food aid, child survival, basic education, primary health care, 
microenterprise and development assistance programs for the world's 
poorest nations. He has made over one hundred trips to poverty stricken 
and war torn nations in his efforts to observe first hand the important 
work of these programs.
  His tireless advocacy for hunger relief and humanitarian programs 
around the world resulted in his being nominated for the Nobel Peace 
Prize three times. He has also received the UNICEF 1995 Children's 
Legislative Advocate Award; the U.S. AID Presidential End Hunger Award; 
the 1993 Oxfam America Partners Award; and the NCAA Silver Anniversary 
Award.
  A graduate of Denison University, Ambassador Hall was a Peace Corps 
volunteer in Thailand. He and his wife, Janet, have two children.
  The naming of the federal building and courthouse in Dayton is a 
fitting tribute to Ambassador Hall's work for the people of Ohio and 
around the world. I join my colleagues in congratulating him on 
receiving this important honor.




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