[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 131 (Monday, September 15, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Page S5574]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   REMEMBERING THOMAS HALE BOGGS, JR.

  Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I appreciate the kind, heartfelt words of 
the distinguished majority leader when speaking about Tommy Boggs--
Thomas Hale Boggs, Jr. Many of us knew him well.
  I was at Georgetown law school with Tommy, and we often talked about 
those days and the friendships we had, and so many people who we knew 
are still in this town. I think of him walking down the hall, and we 
would see each other and start grinning or laughing. Whoever his client 
was would wonder what we were laughing about. It was usually something 
that happened in our law school class from 30, 40 or 50 years ago.
  He was very, very effective. He was very good. He had an easygoing 
attitude that somehow cloaked the fact that he had a first-class mind. 
He had an encyclopedia knowledge for facts.
  As someone who deals with Members of Congress, he had one unfailing 
attribute that made him successful. He always told the truth even if it 
was something one didn't want to hear, and he always kept his word. He 
was a good friend.

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