[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 14647]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     TRIBUTE TO THE HON. TONY HALL

  (Mr. HOBSON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HOBSON. Mr. Speaker, I came here about 12 years ago, and I know 
the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Hall) a little differently because you all 
know him from here. I know him from back home. We share a region called 
the Miami Valley.
  I must tell Members from the day I was elected until this day, I 
believe that the gentleman and I have worked toward for the betterment 
of that area. We have not competed against each other, we have competed 
together for that region.
  The gentleman has another goal that we have heard about with hunger, 
world hunger, local hunger. He has always worked within the district 
for the good of the people, the district, the State of Ohio, and the 
world as a whole. We are all better people because Tony Hall has served 
here. The world is going to be better because of the service he goes on 
to now.
  I think there has been no one in this House that we can say any 
better is a true gentleman than the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Hall) and 
I wish him well in his new endeavor, and I thank him for working with 
me together over the years in our districts. Certainly he and Janet are 
on to a wonderful new experience.
  Mr. Speaker, just a last comment. He is in great shape; I am not. To 
show you how far our friendship goes, he did 100 push-ups the other 
night on behalf of AT, and I did not do 100, but I counted for him.

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