and he said, if you're going to talk about how important my life is, you'll talk about his wife, mary ellenlife. they were married in 1944 and were maried until she passed -- married until she passed. we talk about who ralph hall is. the first thing you think about is that great smile. he was always smiling. always had a twinkle in his eye and a joke on his lips. there was no one that told jokes better, there's no one that tells jokes better than ralph hall. he's always got a story and he's always got a joke. i had to go to the "dallas morning news" for endorsement at the editorial board one time and unfortunately ralph was interviewed right before i was. i walked in and they were still laughing at his jokes and no one could even think of a question for me for a while. he was just that kind of person. never said a mean thing about anyone but told a lot of jokes to a lot of people. so i wish ralph were here sitting in this chamber with us tonight, but because of his accident, he's not but i know he's watching it. and to his family and to ralph, we miss you and we wish you the very best. it's

and he said, if you're going to talk about how important my life is, you'll talk about his wife, mary ellen. the love of his life. they were married in 1944 and were maried until she passed -- married until she passed. we talk about who ralph hall is. the first thing you think about is that great smile. he was always smiling. always had a twinkle in his eye and a joke on his lips. there was no one that told jokes better, there's no one that tells jokes better than ralph hall. he's always got a story and he's always got a joke. i had to go to the "dallas morning news" for endorsement at the editorial board one time and unfortunately ralph was interviewed right before i was. i walked in and they were still laughing at his jokes and no one could even think of a question for me for a while. he was just that kind of person. never said a mean thing about anyone but told a lot of jokes to a lot of people. so i wish ralph were here sitting in this chamber with us tonight, but because of his accident, he's not but i know he's watching it. and to his family and to ralph, we miss you and we wish you t

what does that mean, mary ellen? injustice collector is someone who goes through life blaming people for what's happened to them, and they never forgive, and they never forget, and they just carry their injustices with them throughout life. it's pretty clear that he's having a problem with the custody with his wife and his children, but to handle it like this is really disproportionate to what's going on. and that's what you see in dangerous injustice collectors. their response when they don't get their way is extremely over the top and disproportionate to what is going on. so just based on that behavior, that's my sense about him, that this is something who completely overreacts to things when he does not get his way. martha: so a lot of times when we see these things, it ends with the person taking his own life, but he's on the run, so he's trying to survive. >> i'm not sure that that's correct. it may be, but his planning appears to have stopped strategically at least when he started to carjack. that tells me that

report at the time describes a vicious murder. 11-year-old betty is june benneker and 7-year-old mary ellen beaten to death. multiple severe head injuries suggest the killer used a hammer. the stinee family fled in fear after police came for little george. >> they were looking for somebody to blame it on. so they used my brother as a scapegoat. >> reporter: the motive was attempted rape. and in a dizzying rush to judgment george stinney's trial took just three hours. the all white jury deliberated just ten minutes before the judge sent them to the electric chair. his defense attorney called no witnesses and filed no appeal. with attorneys repth the stinney family today i went back to where that tragic encounter happened to find the railroad tracks rusted, covered in kudzu, and the field littered with painful memories. >> a rush to judgment i could almost understand. but why was there no appeal? >> george stinney needed to be dead soon. george stinney sitting in jail for a year would have been an incredible difference in the facts and circumstances of this case. and i think in that way they

maybe he lost the game and ralph had a rough night at home with mary ellen. fate touched ralph hall one more time. as a chairman of the nasa committee here in congress, ralph hall and his friends were great americans. this picture shows the greatest. a man right there named neil armstrong. the first american to walk on the moon. colonel tom stafford, another apollo restaurant. right by the microphone there, captain gene. went to the moon twice on apollo -- apollo 10 and apollo 17. fate touched ralph hall's life. fate touched our lives by giving ralph hall to us. he is america's best. he's texas' best. ralph, we love you. god bless you. fair winds and following seas. mr. barton: i thank the gentleman from sugar land. , mr. ecognize mr. green green. mr. green: thank you, mr. speaker. i'm not so sure about a noted texas landmark but i want to thank you for asking and scheduling this special order for our good friend, ralph hall. i rise to pay tribute to a great american who dedicated his life to protecting and serving our nation in the great state of texas, repr

and he said, if you're going to talk about how important my life is, you'll talk about his wife, mary ellen. the love of his life. they were married in 1944 and were maried until she passed -- married until she passed. we talk about who ralph hall is. the first thing you think about is that great smile. he was always smiling. always had a twinkle in his eye and a joke on his lips. there was no one that told jokes better, there's no one that tells jokes better than ralph hall. he's always got a story and he's always got a joke. i had to go to the "dallas morning news" for endorsement at the editorial board one time and unfortunately ralph was interviewed right before i was. i walked in and they were still laughing at his jokes and no one could even think of a question for me for a while. he was just that kind of person. never said a mean thing about anyone but told a lot of jokes to a lot of people. so i wish ralph were here sitting in this chamber with us tonight, but because of his accident, he's not but i know he's watching it. and to his family and to ralph, we miss you and we wish you t

mary ellen o'toole, a retired f.b.i. profilers joins ins this morning. if you were building a profile of man haron monis, what would it be? >> i would look at his very violent background that took place or evolved over a period of years and then in combination with that, i would look at his -- the development of his violent ideation and his interests in groups like isis and when that started and the combination of the two. that becomes very important. those two things would give me the most important information and i would look for changes in behavior that would suggest that he was planning an event like the one we saw in sydney, because these events don't just happen, as though he just snapped. there was planning that took place. those nuance changes and behavior become really important. >> you elude to his criminal record and it was actually quite extensive. let's show his rap sheet. he faced 40 sexual and indecent assault charges. he was freed on bail despite charged with in connection with the murder of his ex-wife. he was convicted of sending offen

ellen marcie mcclellan did not exactly retreat from the field. she never even took up arms. she was outperformed, outplayed by old hands at the washington party politics game. mary lincoln's sad fate will doubtless be a part of the lincoln forum's commemorations last year as her widowhood in 1865 was as defining of her life as her marriage in 1842. but what about her younger blonder rivals? hairrriet lane had heeded her uncle's advice to not rush were sip tusly into mat ri moanal connections and only married at the age of 36 in 1866. her union was a happy one although she lost her uncle, her husband, and both of her children, two sons, before she reached the age of 60. she died in her early 70s donating her considerable art collection to the smithsonian and endowing a home for children at the johns hopkins hospital where the harriet lane pediatric facilities continue to serve the clinical needs of children today. according to her white house biography. poor kate chase sprague never got a white house biography as mary lincoln and harriet lane did, even though she spent most of her adulthood discouraging her father from any remarriage and encouraging him to run fo

ellen marcie mcclellan did not exactly retreat from the field. she never even took up arms. she was outperformed, outplayed by old hands at the washington party politics game. mary lincoln's sad fate will doubtless be a part of the lincoln forum's commemorations last year as her widowhood in 1865 was as defining of her life as her marriage in 1842. but what about her younger blonder rivals? hairrriet lane had heeded her uncle's advice to not rush were sip tusly into mat ri moanal connections and only married at the age of 36 in 1866. her union was a happy one although she lost her uncle, her husband, and both of her children, two sons, before she reached the age of 60. she died in her early 70s donating her considerable art collection to the smithsonian and endowing a home for children at the johns hopkins hospital where the harriet lane pediatric facilities continue to serve the clinical needs of children today. according to her white house biography. poor kate chase sprague never got a white house biography as mary lincoln and harriet lane did, even though she spent most of her adulthood discouraging her father from any remarriage and encouraging him to run fo

senate colleagues, particularly his parents, paul gilliam and mary ellen cook gilliam; his wife corri ne, stuart gilliam, his sister paula, his brother michael, his brother-in-law chris along with many other beloved family members and friends. chad was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents willard and belvia and his maternal grandparents ar le y and he -- edna. i know my colleagues join me in expressing gratitude and sympathy, gratitude for his life of service and sympathy for his ultimate sacrifice. without brave men and women like lance corps wall gilliam to defend our country, we would not be free. those of us who cherish our freedoms must never ever forget that. mr. president, i suggest the absence of a quorum. the president pro tempore: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: mr. leahy: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. leahy: i ask that the call of the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. the presiding officer: under the previous order, all postcloture time is considered expired. under the