Ralph Hall
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"Ralph Moody Hall" was a United States Representative from . He was first elected in United States House elections, 1980/1980, and was the chairman of the United States House Committee on Science, Space and Technology/House Committee on Science, Space and Technology from 2011 to 2013. He was also a member of the United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce/Committee on Energy and Commerce. In 2004, he switched to the Republican Party (US)/Republican Party after having been a member of the Democratic Party (US)/Democratic Party for more than 50 years.

At , he was the list of current members of the United States House of Representatives by age/oldest serving member of United States Congress/Congress at the end of his last term in office, the oldest person to ever serve in the House of Representatives, the oldest person ever elected to a House term and the oldest House member ever to cast a vote. He and Michigan Congressman John Dingell were the last two Surviving U.S. veterans of World War II/World War II veterans serving in Congress.

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We lost 357 (Red River) jobs, and that's 357 items of disaster for a family in this day and time of expensive cars and high home payments and things. We can't consider it a victory when we have that many losses.

You can't leave politics out of anything that emanates from Washington, D.C.,

Our citizens are paying the price for our dependence on foreign sources for too many years and we need to stop that.

I have voted with the Republicans most of the time. The country is at war. When the country is at war you need to support the president. Some of my fellow congressman have not been doing that.

It's important that we have a thorough investigation of the accident...so the American people know everything is on the table.

The market is just too thin and our energy markets will absorb the fluctuation in supplies and prices due to catastrophic occurrences such as Hurricane Katrina.

I consulted some constituents and most agreed with me.

We apparently have lost 357 jobs and that is 357 disasters, ... We need to keep our team together and go to battle for those people and find something for them. They are on my mind more than any aspect of this ... I am concerned about Lone Star (Army Ammunition Plant).