[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 59 (Wednesday, May 4, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E802-E803]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




HONORING WILLIAM DOTSON--WEST VIRGINIA AFFORDABLE HOUSING HALL OF FAME 
                                INDUCTEE

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                         HON. NICK J. RAHALL II

                            of west virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                         Wednesday, May 4, 2011

  Mr. RAHALL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize a fellow West 
Virginian, William Dotson, who is the honored inductee of the West 
Virginia Affordable Housing Hall of Fame.
  It is fitting that the community of housing professionals honor Bill 
because of his sterling

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record of commitment to our communities. He has earned the right to 
take pride in his holistic view of building a team in the office, and 
his successful planning gives us equal license to be proud of the many 
neighborhoods enhanced and communities strengthened by his vision.
  Much more than an excellent public administrator, Bill pushed budgets 
and programs to fruition on little more than compassion and hope, and 
in the end, the course of people's lives were forever changed. His 
resume of experience and professional participation exhausts the 
reader, but it pales in comparison to the individuals and families to 
whom he provided dignity and proved the worth of the human endeavor.
  Too often words like ``commitment'' and ``dedication'' and 
expressions such as ``long hours of hard work'' are bantered about, and 
then we meet someone with Bill's achievements. Words seem hardly 
enough.
  Yet, what the public sector lacks in volume--namely money--it easily 
makes up for in heartfelt thanks. While Bill cannot cash it in any 
earthly banks, he can invest it here on a nice-sized spread that awaits 
him through the Pearly Gates.
  And, while the poet could easily honor Bill as ``the friend of man,'' 
our great honor is to call him our friend, and offer him sincere 
congratulations.

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