[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 192 (Tuesday, December 5, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Pages S18014-S18015]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            TRIBUTE TO THE REVEREND DR. RICHARD C. HALVERSON

  Mr. LIEBERMAN. Mr. President, I rise today to pay my respects to the 
Rev. Richard Halverson, whose recent passing saddened all of us in this 
Chamber. He was, for us, a spiritual Rock of Gibraltar, always present 
as a reminder of eternal values, in the midst of even the most temporal 
of debates.
  One of the remarkable things about the life of this faith-filled man 
is the fact that he became the Chaplain of the 

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U.S. Senate at a time when most people his age retire and go fishing or 
play golf. At 65, Reverend Halverson undertook the most significant, 
perhaps the most difficult, task of his life--ministering to the 
spiritual needs of 100 U.S. Senators, their staffs, employees of the 
Senate and countless others who came to him for counsel and prayer. He 
fulfilled that mission with great honor.
  I will always remember Reverend Halverson as a gracious man, a man of 
considerable intellect, and especially a scholar of the Old Testament 
and the Jewish religion, about which we had memorable conversations.
  We will miss Reverend Halverson, especially in a time when partisan 
rancor seems so sharp and divisive here in Capitol Hill, and in a 
society where bedrock values like belief in God and respect for one 
another seem to be at such risk. His warm presence always stood in 
strong contrast to the trials of the moment. We have faith that he is 
in the embrace of a loving God.
  Yet, I am confident he is praying for us still. May God bless 
Reverend Halverson, and may He grant his family and many friends solace 
from the grief we share at his passing, and confidence that life 
eternal is the reward for those who live to His will.

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