[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15530]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               RALPH HALL

  (Mr. FLEISCHMANN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. FLEISCHMANN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor my friend Ralph 
Hall.
  I came to this great House as a result of the election in 2010 and 
was privileged to be assigned to the Science, Space, and Technology 
Committee. The chairman was Ralph Hall. Chairman Hall showed me 
kindness. I went to his office. He showed me the Corsairs that he flew 
in World War II. He told me stories about playing baseball with Ted 
Williams in the Navy in World War II.
  Truly, this is a great man.
  He has shown both sides of the aisle fairness and compassion in his 
service as chairman, and he has mentored me. More importantly, when I 
asked him to come to my beloved city of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, he came 
and visited our great national lab there.
  I honor Chairman Hall today, and I thank him for his great service to 
this House as chairman and as my friend.

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