[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 138 (Wednesday, October 13, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H9903]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            WELCOMING RABBI RONALD D. GERSON, GUEST CHAPLAIN

  (Mr. LINDER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LINDER. Mr. Speaker, the prayer this morning was offered by Rabbi 
Ronald D. Gerson, who comes to us today from my district in Athens, 
Georgia, the largest city in the Eleventh District of Georgia. Rabbi 
Gerson has been a rabbi for a quarter of a century and now serves at 
Congregation Children of Israel in Athens, Georgia. I am delighted to 
introduce him to the House of Representatives and thank him for his 
inspiring words of prayer for today's session.
  Rabbi Gerson has devoted his life to public and spiritual service, 
and I was honored to first meet Rabbi Gerson when I visited his 
congregation a couple of years ago. I want to also recognize his wife 
and daughter and brother-in-law who are visiting today also, and I have 
been informed that Rabbi Gerson's mother, who lives in California, is 
probably watching her son at the early hour of 7 a.m. on the West 
Coast.
  His knowledge of the tradition of faith and his ability to share his 
understanding of it with others has found an appreciative audience in 
Georgia and today across the country and the world as he carries the 
eternal message to others. I am proud to share the floor with Rabbi 
Gerson because of his religious convictions, his commitment to the 
service of others, and his faithful devotion to his congregation. I 
join all my colleagues in the House in thanking our distinguished guest 
chaplain for bringing us an inspirational message to commence this day 
of the House session.

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