On the recordJuly 25, 1996
I firmly believe that those of us who serve in this body are diminished as well as the American public are diminished by the loss of Ham Fish, Jr. He was fourth generation in terms of serving this great country in Congress 26 years. To me Ham Fish himself was a tradition. When I was elected to serve in the 100th Congress starting in 1987, I turned to Ham and told him that I knew so much about him and looked forward to serving with him. Well, he smiled in his very warm way, recognizing I had a lot to learn. I did find that Ham Fish was a role model. He was always very upbeat. There might be times that I would come into this Chamber and go over to him despondent about some issue that was coming up or perplexed about a vote that needed to be cast. He was always assuage one in terms of recognizing what truly are the priorities, and the priorities, I think, for him were really human contact.
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