[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 129 (Thursday, September 24, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S10865]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      REV. MADISON T. SHOCKLEY II

  Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, I am so pleased and proud to welcome Rev. 
Madison Shockley to the Senate today where he has just delivered the 
opening prayer. Reverend Shockley is pastor of the Congregational 
Church of Christian Fellowship, United Church of Christ in Los Angeles, 
CA.
  Mr. President, I had the great pleasure of attending services at his 
church a few weeks ago. On that particular day, we were reeling from a 
number of things both at home and abroad. His words were so fitting and 
healing. I was honored to be sitting in his congregation.
  Reverend Shockley has been a civil rights and human rights leader in 
Los Angeles for more than a decade. His accomplishments, his leadership 
and his compassion make him one of California's most respected members 
of the clergy.
  Following the 1992 civil unrest in Los Angeles, Reverend Shockley 
helped establish a 3-year program of ``community conversation,'' 
bringing together people from all racial and ethnic backgrounds, as 
well as leaders from across this country, to talk about the causes of 
unrest and tension and to bring peace and love to a community that was 
torn by hate and fear.
  Most recently, Pastor Shockley has authored a series of critically 
acclaimed articles in the Los Angeles Times covering a broad range of 
important social topics. I congratulate and I thank Reverend Shockley 
for coming all the way from California on a redeye flight, no less, 
which is not easy to do, and to share his prayers with us today. Our 
country so needs the healing message that he brings us every day.
  I yield the floor.




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