[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 145 (Friday, October 7, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: October 7, 1994]
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                     HIS MISSION IS COMPLETED * * *

  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, as we near the end of the work of the 103d 
Congress, I am mindful that a number of our colleagues are retiring 
from their responsibilities here in the Senate, and will not be 
regularly among us when the 104th Congress convenes in January.
  But one among the United States Senate family deserves particular 
notice here as he retires from his responsibilities and departs for a 
new phase of his life.
  In this instance, I have particularly in mind our incomparable Senate 
Chaplain, Dr. Richard C. Halverson.
  Dr. Halverson came to his duties as Senate Chaplain from a 
distinguished career in the Presbyterian ministry--most recently, from 
the Fourth Presbyterian Church, on River Road, in nearby Bethesda, 
Maryland.
  There, through a committed pastorate and an enviable and 
unpretentious pulpit style, Dr. Halverson had built up one of the 
Washington area's most dynamic churches, with a vibrant and active 
congregation that is still, in itself, perhaps one of the most vivid 
monuments that any pastor might leave behind him.
  Barely missing a beat, Dr. Halverson became a pastor to a new flock 
here in the Senate, and with touching dedication has moved among us as 
a living witness to his faith since he took up his duties in the 
Senate.
  He has visited with us in the hospitals. He has visited with our 
wives and our families in their sick rooms. He has attended memorial 
services for our friends and our loved ones, and we shall never forget 
these good deeds.
  I know that I speak for all of our colleagues as I express my own 
appreciation to Dr. Halverson for his ministry in the Senate, and as I 
voice my own admiration to him for the unquenched spirit and the deep 
compassion that he has shared with us over the years in the name of a 
common faith that cuts across the denominations and traditions 
represented among us.
  We shall indeed miss Dr. Halverson, but we shall not soon forget the 
unequalled dedication that Dr. Halverson demonstrated as ``a man of God 
among us'' and as one who touched our lives with the Truth of Eternity.
  Mr. President, I thank my friend, Mr. Grassley, for his 
characteristic courtesy and kindness in yielding the floor temporarily. 
And now I yield the floor.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Iowa.

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