[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 99 (Thursday, June 13, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3474]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       TRIBUTE TO WILLIAM SAUBLE

 Mr. UDALL. Mr. President, I rise today to honor William Sauble 
of Maxwell, NM, for decades of outstanding service to his community.
  Bill was born into a ranching family in Maxwell, in North Central New 
Mexico, and has lived in that community almost all his life. After 
graduating with honors with a bachelor's degree in animal science from 
New Mexico State University in 1970, he married his high school 
sweetheart, Debbie. He then entered the Navy, where he served 2 years 
of Active Duty and 5 years in the Reserve. After returning home from 
the Navy, Bill and Debbie took up the family ranching business. They 
are the proud parents of two children, Troy Sauble and Tara Sauble 
Foster, and grandparents of two grandchildren.
  Bill has been a leader in the community and in ranching in New Mexico 
all his life. The number of civic organizations that Bill has been a 
part of is too numerous to list. He has served as president of the New 
Mexico Cattle Growers Association, the Colfax County Farm Bureau, and 
the Colfax County Fair Association, and as chair of the New Mexico 
Livestock Board, the Agricultural Advisory Committee to the New Mexico 
State Land Office, the city of Raton Extra-Territorial Zoning 
Commission, and the American Farm Bureau Public Lands Committee.
  As a tribute to their ranching skills and acumen, in 2012, he and 
Debbie were awarded the New Mexico Farm and Livestock Farm Family of 
the Year. That same year, Bill was named Cattleman of the Year by the 
New Mexico Cattle Growers Association. Bill has not only worked hard 
for his own family ranch, but he has worked tirelessly to improve the 
cattle business throughout New Mexico, spending countless hours 
traveling the State on behalf of cattle growers and the livestock 
board.
  Bill has the respect of his community and served on the Colfax County 
Commission between 2009 and 2018. As chair of the commission, he 
doggedly pursued Transportation Investment, Generating economic 
recovery, or TIGER, grants to obtain capital investment for 
transportation projects for his county. When Amtrak threatened to 
discontinue Southwest Chief service between Dodge, KS, and Albuquerque, 
NM, Bill worked with me, the rest of the New Mexico congressional 
delegation, and the Kansas and Colorado delegations to secure funding 
from Congress and commitments from Amtrak to continue this critically 
important service.
  Bill is a person of integrity and character. He has a heart of gold. 
All his life he gave back to his community and our State. New Mexico 
owes him a debt of gratitude. I wish him and his family my very 
best.

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