[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18683]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            GOVERNOR WALLER

  (Mr. NUNNELEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. NUNNELEE. Mississippi experienced a great loss this week with the 
death of Governor Bill Waller. He served as our Governor from 1972 to 
1976, and he provided steady leadership during tumultuous times in our 
State. He believed that Mississippi should be a place of liberty and 
justice for all.
  Under his leadership, we had the largest pay raise for teachers in 
our State's history up to that point and the most significant 
investment in infrastructure and highways up to that point, all while 
leaving our State with the largest surplus in its history up to that 
point.
  Mississippi is a better place because of Governor Waller's 
leadership; and this week, we mourn his passing.

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