[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 28 (Tuesday, March 5, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S1479]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             ACCOLADES TO GUEST CHAPLAIN, DR. O.S. HAWKINS

  Mrs. HUTCHISON. I want to say how pleased I am to have been able to 
invite Dr. O.S. Hawkins of the First Baptist Church of Dallas, one of 
the largest Baptist churches in the whole world, to be with us today. 
He is a very special person in my life, along with his wife, Susie, 
whose father I served with in the Texas Legislature. Susie Hawkins was 
just a girl when her father and I served in the legislature. My husband 
also served with Susie's father in the State legislature in Texas. Our 
family ties have gone back a long way.
  I want to say Dr. Hawkins is one of the great future religious 
leaders of our country. He already has taken over this great Baptist 
church of Texas. We are very proud of him. He has been wonderful to my 
family and to me.
  I also want to thank Dr. Ogilvie for helping us bring him in for the 
great honor of opening the Senate. I think it is a wonderful tradition 
we have to start every day as we do by just taking a moment to thank 
God for the blessings that we have in this country. I think Dr. Hawkins 
did it very well today. I commend him. I am proud to be one of his 
constituents.
  Thank you, Mr. President. I yield the floor.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Coverdell). The Chair recognizes the 
Senator from Mississippi.

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