On the recordDecember 9, 2014
I have served in the House of Representatives now for 26 years, and I have met good people and bad people, and I have met people I agree with and whom I like and people I disagree with and I like. We are reflective of the American people. People ask me, ``What do you think about the United States Congress?'' And I always say, ``It reflects what the American people are all about.'' This is the House of Representatives where we represent all of these parts of our country. Well, Ralph Hall was one of those Representatives who represented the goodness in America and the greatness in America. Ralph Hall was first and foremost, I believe, a patriot who put that above every other one of his considerations. I was proud to know Ralph. Ralph is still with us, so we shouldn't think of Ralph as being gone from the Earth. For Pete's sake, Ralph is still here, and I hope he is listening right now because we wish him all the best. Ralph Hall is a great American still, but he has left his legacy here behind. I worked with Ralph on the Science and Space Committee, as they called it, at least they did then--Science, Space, and Technology. Ralph has made enormous contributions to the well-being of our country in two areas in particular.…
