[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 100 (Wednesday, July 27, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: July 27, 1994]
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                               THE PRAYER

  Mr. LAUTENBERG. Mr. President, if the Senator from Massachusetts will 
indulge me, I do appreciate it--and my colleagues also--because this 
morning we had an opportunity to hear from the Reverend Dr. William 
Watley, who is the pastor of the AME St. James Church in Newark.
  As we heard from the guest chaplain's prayer this morning, he is a 
man of deep thought and interest in serving our constituents. I thought 
it was a particularly good message in this body to remind us. If I may 
just extend the chaplain's remarks a little bit to say kind of ``get on 
with your business.'' I am hoping that we will do just that this 
morning.
  Dr. Watley has a significant parish of over 3,000 members. He is 
someone who has taken time in his life to get the kind of education 
that prepares him so well for his assignment as a leader in the 
community, not just religious, but also on the activist side.
  What he has done in a city deeply troubled by lack of resource, lack 
of opportunity, is to try to bring some light into that sea of 
darkness. He holds his church out as a place where people can gather, 
where people can learn. He is trying to build a school. He has never 
let up on his belief that the community can be a better place to live.
  So I am delighted that we had a chance to hear from the Reverend Dr. 
Watley, and to wish him well and to commend to all of my colleagues in 
the Senate to take a minute, if they have not heard his prayer this 
morning, to read it.
  I thank my colleague from Massachusetts once again for the courtesy 
extended to me.
  Mr. KENNEDY addressed the Chair.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Massachusetts.
  Mr. KENNEDY. Doctor, we welcome you, and we thank you for joining us 
here, and for that important ceremony.
  We appreciate very much the remarks of the Senator from New Jersey.

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