On the recordNovember 14, 2011
Under H.R. 588, the Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge in Mississippi will be renamed after the former Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Sam Hamilton, who recently died at the young age of 54. It's my understanding, Madam Speaker, that his first outdoors job was at the Noxubee Refuge, where he learned to band wood ducks and manage wildlife habitat. I want to compliment my friend and colleague from Mississippi, Congressman Gregg Harper, for introducing this no-cost legislation, which I think is a fitting tribute to Sam Hamilton and all that he stood for. With that, I urge adoption of the measure, and I reserve the balance of my time.
