[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 18]
[House]
[Page 25719]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           RECOGNIZING DEDICATION OF JUDGE ARNOLD COURTHOUSE

  (Mr. ROSS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ROSS. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to stand here today with my 
colleague from Arkansas to honor and remember a fellow Arkansan who 
dedicated his life to serving the public and upholding justice across 
our great Nation. Texarkana native Judge Richard Arnold spent his 
lifetime in the court system, from the U.S. District Court to the 
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, where he rose to be chief judge in 
1992. Judge Arnold even ran for Congress for the seat which I now hold, 
Arkansas Fourth Congressional District, before he began his 
distinguished legal career in the Federal court system.
  I am proud that the new United States Federal Courthouse in Little 
Rock, Arkansas, which will be dedicated tomorrow, will be forever named 
the Richard Sheppard Arnold United States Courthouse. Judge Arnold was 
admired for his fairness and will be forever remembered as a dedicated 
public servant who cared deeply about his family, his work, his State, 
and his country. I am honored to deliver these remarks as a tribute to 
his life and career.

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