HR 272 Summary

• Commends Clay Redden for 40 years of dedicated service to the Alabama State Legislature, known as the "Voice of the House"

• Recognizes Redden's career beginning in 1979 as a radio correspondent for WCOV in Montgomery, covering legislation for multiple radio stations before transitioning to public service

• Honors his accomplishments as an amateur radio operator with worldwide contacts, his support of the space program and Alabama Space and Rocket Center, his extensive knowledge of railroad history, and his work educating thousands of fourth-grade students about the Legislature as "Uncle Clay"

• Proclaims Redden the resident expert on radio, trains, Klingon culture, and Waffle House, granting him control of Waffle House jukeboxes to play his favorite old television show theme songs

• Gives Redden an intergalactic salute in Morse code representing the Star Trek phrase "Live Long and Prosper"