[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 55 (Thursday, May 1, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H2096]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 WELCOME TO THE REVEREND LEANDER WILKES

  (Mr. CAPPS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CAPPS. Mr. Speaker, our morning prayer today was offered by the 
Reverend Leander Wilkes, who lives and works in my hometown, Santa 
Barbara, CA. He and his wife, Thelma, and their children, Leo, Dierdra, 
Jamaal, and the late Lucy are admired and respected by all who know 
them.
  On this National Day of Prayer when we are mindful of the abundant 
blessings of God and are also aware of the manifest challenges we face 
as a nation, it is appropriate that we take our first signals of the 
day from a man of such consummate compassion, wisdom, good grace, and 
youthful optimism.

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