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Monday, March 18, 2019
Rep. Ratcliffe commemorates Congressman Ralph Hall on U.S. House floor
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WASHINGTON – Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) gave a speech on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives Monday in commemoration of former Congressman Ralph Hall who passed away at the age of 95 last week. He then led the Texas delegation in a moment of silence in Hall’s honor.
and North Texas as the oldest member ever to cast a vote in the history of the House of Representatives.
then-living Apollo-era astronaut come to his home to celebrate one of his birthdays.
From beginning to end, Ralph Hall lived one of the most extraordinary and remarkable lives of anyone ever to serve in Congress.
When asked why, Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, who famously took a giant leap for mankind, said it was because Ralph Hall was a giant to our In his 34 years in this chamber, space program. Ralph Hall, Full text of Ratcliffe’s speech Ralph spent some of his time he said, was a giant among honoring Congressman Hall: sitting over here as a Blue Dog men. At age 19, Ralph Hall jumped at Democrat. For some of his time, he spent it sitting over Mr. Speaker, to those on the the chance to join the Navy to there, as a conservative floor who knew Ralph Hall, fly Hellcat Fighters during thank you for allowing me to World War II in defense of this Republican. Ralph liked to joke that was because “the remember him for the nation. Seventy years later, at representative that he truly the age of 89, he jumped again Republicans never much wanted me, and the Democrats was. And for those of you out of an airplane, to honor who did not have the America's veterans on Memorial never much liked me.” privilege of serving with Day. Neither of those was true, but Ralph Hall, thank you for it was that self-deprecating letting me remember the man At age 11, Ralph Hall was who was the kind of working at the Rockwall, Texas humor that made Ralph Hall drug store when he served two beloved to everyone that knew representative that we should him. all hope to be. Coca-Colas, two packs of Old Gold cigarettes and a stack of In the Science, Space and When Ralph Hall passed newspapers to two customers known simply to the rest of the Technology Committee room, away last Thursday at the age Ralph Hall's picture hangs of 95, he left this Earth, went world as Bonnie and Clyde. alongside other past chairmen, right past the moon, and our Eighty years later, at the age of but Ralph is the only chairman loss became heaven's gain. 91, Ralph was still working and to have Neil Armstrong, Buzz Godspeed Ralph Hall. Aldrin, Gene Cernan and every serving the folks in Rockwall
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