Louie Gohmert: “It is an honor to be here honoring Ralph Hall. He has been my Congressman for many years; and, in fact, after being on…”

“It is an honor to be here honoring Ralph Hall. He has been my Congressman for many years; and, in fact, after being on the bench for about 10 years, I had a feeling that perhaps I ought to legislate, and I wouldn't do it from the bench. But my Democratic Congressman Ralph Hall, from conversations, he talked like I did--I hope that is not disrespectful to Ralph--but I told him, as long as he is my Congressman, I didn't have any need to run because he would represent me well. Then we had redistricting in 2003, and it opened up a different district. But I felt that way then, if he had stayed my Congressman, I never had a need to run, so some wish we didn't have redistricting. As I hear people talk about his age, I think about Ralph saying that when he turned 90, somebody on his staff said: ``Congressman Hall, would you rather we didn't mention to people that you are 90?'' He said: ``No, I am fine with that. I would a lot rather you say he is 90 than, `Doesn't he look natural?' '' Having been with Ralph yesterday there in Rockwall as he is going through rehab, actually, he doesn't look natural at all, he looks great, and we just look forward to the days when he is fully out of the wheelchair and that rod in his leg is not bothering him as much as it is now. We miss him very much. He did also provide me a quote that struck him having been chairman of the Science Committee.…”