[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 17]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 23277-23278]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                TRIBUTE TO THE HONORABLE SONNY CALLAHAN

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                         HON. NICK J. RAHALL II

                            of west virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 19, 2002

  Mr. RAHALL. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise in tribute and express 
my appreciation and affection for my colleague and friend from Alabama, 
Sonny Callahan.
  Sonny has traveled a career path from the ranks of the small 
businessman to serving in the Alabama legislature to ultimately 
representing Alabama's First District for the past 18 years in the 
United States Congress.
  From his work first as Chairman of the House Appropriations 
subcommittee on foreign operations, and then more recently as Chairman 
of the subcommittee on energy and water development, Sonny has been 
unfailingly equitable in his consideration of members' appropriations 
requests.

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  Now, in stepping down from the lofty positions he has served with 
such distinction, he will have more time for his family, his 
grandchildren, and his friends back home.
  We will miss Sonny's friendly manner, his thoughtfulness, and his 
affability.
  But our loss in Sonny's retirement is certainly a clear gain for 
Sonny's family and the folks of southwest Alabama to whom he now 
returns.

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