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“TRIBUTE TO MAJ. GEN. JAMES L. HOBSON, JR.” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on pages E1383-E1385 on July 9, 1997.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
TRIBUTE TO MAJ. GEN. JAMES L. HOBSON, JR.
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HON. JOE SCARBOROUGH
of florida
in the house of representatives
Wednesday, July 9, 1997
Mr. SCARBOROUGH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to a man who has dedicated 32 years of his life to protecting the people of this great Nation and ensuring the American way of life. This gentleman has distinguished himself as a community leader, a dedicated family man, and a decorated officer in the U.S. Air Force. The man I speak about today is Maj. Gen. James L. Hobson, Jr., commander of the Air Force Special Operations Command at Hurlburt Field, FL.
I could praise General Hobson for his numerous missions he flew over South Vietnam in his MC-130 aircraft at the height of the Vietnam war. I could mention the numerous students that General Hobson turned into expert pilots. Or I could applaud his decorations including the Distinguished Service Medal and the Mackay Trophy or his meritorious flight during Operation Urgent Fury over the island of Grenada. But I'm sure General Hobson would say that those accomplishments were just part of his duty.
Mr. Speaker, these accomplishments only begin to describe the caliber of a man like General Hobson. Ralph Waldo Emerson once said that what people say about you behind your back is the true measure of your character. The words said about General Hobson behind his back include: honest, loyal, dedicated, courageous, honorable, hard working, and a true gentleman. From the time he entered officer training school at Lackland AFB in 1965 until today, when he retires as a distinguished major general, James Hobson has shown a standard of excellence and dedication to duty that made him stand out as a man of intellect, skill, and integrity.
General Hobson's dedication to his country serves as a model in the lives of the hundreds of Air Force officers and enlisted personnel he has trained, supervised, and encouraged. The legacy General Hobson leaves behind at AFSOC, Hurlburt Field, will remain an inspiration to the men and women that were fortunate enough to serve under his command.
Now, General Hobson will be retiring, returning to the wife and children that he loves, making up for the lost hours that a distinguished career in the Air Force requires of its best and brightest.
SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS
Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate on February 4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place, and purpose of the meetings, when scheduled, and any cancellations or changes in the meetings as they occur.
As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
Meetings scheduled for Thursday, July 10, 1997, may be found in the Daily Digest of today's Record.
MEETINGS SCHEDULED
JULY 119:00 a.m.
Appropriations
Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary Subcommittee
Business meeting, to mark up proposed legislation making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce,
Justice, State, and the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998.
S-146, Capitol
JULY 159:00 a.m.
Appropriations
Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies
Subcommittee
Business meeting, to mark up an original bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, and
Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1998.
SD-13810:00 a.m.
Appropriations
Transportation Subcommittee
Business meeting, to mark up an original bill making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and
Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September
30, 1998.
SD-116
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Financial Institutions and Regulatory Relief Subcommittee
Housing Opportunity and Community Development Subcommittee
To resume hearings on problems surrounding the mortgage origination process and the implementation of the Real
Estate Settlement Procedures Act and the Truth in
Lending Act.
SD-538
Foreign Relations
To hold hearings on the nominations of A. Peter Burleigh, of California, to be the Deputy Representative of the
United States of America to the United Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador, David J. Scheffer, of Virginia, to be Ambassador at Large for War Crimes
Issues, Richard Sklar, of California, to be
Representative of the United States to the United
Nations for U.N. Management and Reform, with the Rank of Ambassador, and Linda Jane Zack Tarr Whelan, of
Virginia, for the rank of Ambassador during her tenure of service as United States Representative to the
Commission on the Status of Women of the Economic and
Social Council of the United Nations.
SD-419
Governmental Affairs
To resume hearings to examine certain matters with regard to the committee's special investigation on campaign financing.
SR-3252:00 p.m.
Foreign Relations
To hold hearings on the nominations of James Franklin
Collins, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to the Russian
Federation, Marc Grossman, of Virginia, to be Assistant
Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs,
John Christian Kornblum, of Michigan, to be Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany, and Stephen R.
Sestanovich, of the District of Columbia, as Ambassador at Large and Special Adviser to the Secretary of State for the New Independent States.
SD-4194:00 p.m.
Foreign Relations
To hold hearings on the nomination of Gordon D. Giffin, of Georgia, to be Ambassador to Canada.
SD-419
JULY 169:00 a.m.
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
To hold hearings to examine the importance of alternative fuels in addressing future national security concerns, focusing on agriculture's vulnerability to energy price volatility, the contribution of home-grown renewable alternative fuels, and the role of new technologies in making agriculture more energy efficient while increasing yields.
SR-332
Labor and Human Resources
Business meeting, to consider pending calendar business.
SD-4309:30 a.m.
Rules and Administration
To resume a briefing on the status of the investigation into the contested U.S. Senate election held in
Louisiana in November 1996.
SR-30110:00 a.m.
Appropriations
District of Columbia Subcommittee
To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1998 for the District of Columbia Department of
Corrections and the Metropolitan Police Department.
SD-192
Governmental Affairs
To continue hearings to examine certain matters with regard to the committee's special investigation on campaign financing.
SR-325
Judiciary
To hold hearings to review the Global Tobacco settlement.
SH-2162:00 p.m.
Judiciary
Antitrust, Business Rights, and Competition Subcommittee
To hold hearings on S. 539, to exempt agreements relating to voluntary guidelines governing telecast material from the applicability of the antitrust laws.
SD-226
JULY 179:30 a.m.
Energy and Natural Resources
To hold hearings on the nominations of Patrick A. Shea, of Utah, to be Director of the Bureau of Land
Management, and Robert G. Stanton, of Virginia, to be
Director of the National Park Service, both of the
Department of the Interior, and Kneeland C. Youngblood, of Texas, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the United States Enrichment Corporation.
SD-36610:00 a.m.
Environment and Public Works
To resume hearings to examine issues relating to climate change.
SD-406
Foreign Relations
Business meeting, to mark up S. Res. 98, expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the conditions for the
United States becoming a signatory to any international agreement on greenhouse gas emissions under the United
National Framework Convention on Climate Change, a proposed concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the OAS-CIAV Mission in Nicaragua is to be congratulated for its defense of human rights, promotion of peaceful conflict resolution, and contribution to the development of freedom and democracy in Nicaragua, and to consider the Agreement with Hong Kong for the Surrender of Fugitive Offenders
(Treaty Doc. 105-3), and pending nominations.
SD-419
Governmental Affairs
To continue hearings to examine certain matters with regard to the committee's special investigation on campaign financing.
SR-3252:00 p.m.
Judiciary
Immigration Subcommittee
To hold hearings on proposals to extend the Visa Waiver
Pilot Program, including S. 290, to establish a visa waiver pilot program for national of Korea who are traveling in tour groups to the United States.
SD-226
Labor and Human Resources
To hold hearings to examine the quality of child care.
SD-430
JULY 229:00 a.m.
Energy and Natural Resources
To hold hearings to review the Department of the
Interior's handling of the Ward Valley land conveyance,
S. 964, proposed Ward Valley Land Transfer Act, and related matters.
SD-366 10:00 a.m.
Governmental Affairs
To resume hearings to examine certain matters with regard to the committee's special investigation on campaign financing.
SR-325
Labor and Human Resources
To hold hearings to examine women's health issues.
SD-430
JULY 2310:00 a.m.
Governmental Affairs
To continue hearings to examine certain matters with regard to the committee's special investigation on campaign financing.
SR-325
JULY 2410:00 a.m.
Governmental Affairs
To continue hearings to examine certain matters with regard to the committee's special investigation on campaign financing.
SR-3252:00 p.m.
Labor and Human Resources
Public Health and Safety Subcommittee
To hold hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services.
SD-430
JULY 299:00 a.m.
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
To hold hearings to examine the effect of the Federal
Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act (P.L. 104-127) on price and income volatility, and the properrole of the Federal government to manage volatility and protect the integrity of agricultural markets.
SR-33210:00 a.m.
Governmental Affairs
To resume hearings to examine certain matters with regard to the committee's special investigation on campaign financing.
SR-325
JULY 3010:00 a.m.
Governmental Affairs
To resume hearings to examine certain matters with regard to the committee's special investigation on campaign financing.
SR-325
JULY 319:00 a.m.
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
To hold hearings to examine how trade opportunities and international agricultural research can stimulate economic growth in Africa, thereby enhancing African food security and increasing U.S. exports.
SR-33210:00 a.m.
Governmental Affairs
To continue hearings to examine certain matters with regard to the committee's special investigation on campaign financing.
SR-325
