[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 107 (Friday, July 25, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H5781]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         WELCOMING THE REVEREND BRUCE MACKENZIE, GUEST CHAPLAIN

  (Mr. SKAGGS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SKAGGS. Mr. Speaker, it is my personal privilege and honor to 
welcome this morning to the House of Representatives my pastor from 
Boulder, CO, the Reverend Bruce Mackenzie who just delivered the 
opening prayer. He is the senior minister at the First Congregational 
Church in Boulder. He is my pastor and my friend; he married me and my 
wife Laura some years ago. He has led our congregation in Boulder, CO 
now for 27 years and will be retiring from that post next month, 
leaving a grateful, if grieving, congregation.
  He certainly exemplifies the kind of inspirational leadership that we 
wish for in our religious as well as our civic life. His entire 
congregation shares in this honor this morning and wishes him well in 
his retirement. We have all been the beneficiaries of his caring and 
joyful leadership.

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