davis declined, so taft turned to butler.taft referred to brandeis and oliver wendell holmes is a dangerous to some whom they must prevent from getting control of the court. -- a dangerous twosome whom they must prevent from getting control of the court. successfulr's general wrote, i congratulate you on the president's selection of pierce butler for the vacancy occurr. taft had worked behind the scenes to attract support from the catholic hierarchy for butlers nomination. although the chief treated and nominees religion as an irrelevancy, with chief justice no catholicand death, 's death, would remain on the bench. the last nomination, edward sanford, attracted taft;''s content. in 1925, he recommended attorney general harlan stone. when holmes stepped off the court in 1932, his colleague justice stone and urged president herbert hoover to name benjamin cardozo. he had pronounced him the outstanding jurists of our times. in an unsuccessful advocacy of his appointment by calvin coolidge. no justice, stone, offered to resign f

of cit -- president selection of butler. although the chief treated a nominee's religion as an irrelevancy, which chief justice white's death, no catholic would harding's fourth and last nomination to the court, edward sanford, attracted tafts consent of the stanford was not his firsttchoice. in 1925, however, the big chief enthusiastically recommended harlan stone. when he stepped off the court as he neared his 91st birthday in 1932, just distend suggested benjamin cardozo to her liver. cardoso had been called the outstanding justice of his time. not a justice himself, a felony yorker offer to resign from the court -- a fellow new yorker offered to resign from the court. stone's offer urged the award for most selfless support for a nominee. hoover finally elected to the -- finally relented to cardoza and nominated him in 1932. before his premature death. he is known as one of the greats. i sell a portrait of him in the conference room this evening. he is there. the cardoza vacancy put roosevelt in a political bind. he wante

butler, wayne campbell, johnny cruise, james l. keys, terry mcmillan, williams mccain, charles osborne, james prayeder, and mack thomas. it's been an honor to bring this resolution honoring them to the house and i strongly urge my colleagues to add their neams to the roster of those recognizing these american sailors. with that i yield back the balance of my time. mr. buyer: reclaiming my time. i thank the gentleman for bringing this. i also want to recognize hoosiers who also shared danger of combat above the rice patties and forest of the mekong delta. that is those who served with hal-3 from indiana. j. howard cook, rick hodge, melvin howl, thomas h. jackson, robert l. redmond, and jay wakeland. madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. buyer: in support of house resolution 1228. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. buyer:with that i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from indiana yields back the balanc

has been serving basics district of virginia for 30 years beginning at the district to congressman butler in 1977 and onto congress himself when he was elected in 1981. congressman goodlatte has been a stalwart conservative leader in congress, is chairman of the house agriculture committee and vice ranking member of the house judiciary committee, protecting constitutional rights including private property, and second amendment rights, securing our borders dermott ration reform, strengthening our criminal laws, decreasing health care costs for medical malpractice reform and oversight of the judicial branch. during his time in congress, congressman goodlatte has made a name for himself as a leader on internet and high-tech issues. he is cochair of the congressional internet cod-- caucus in high technology working group. his work to foster innovation in the technology sector will lead to job creation and contribute to our nation's economic recovery. he is it graduate of washington university law school and earned his undergraduate degree in government at ace college in maine. he currently li