[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 68 (Thursday, May 17, 2001)]
[House]
[Page H2283]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     THE REVEREND F. KENNETH HOFFER

  (Mr. HOLDEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. HOLDEN. Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleagues and 
Father Coughlin for providing my constituent, Reverend F. Kenneth 
Hoffer, the opportunity to offer the opening prayer this morning in the 
House Chamber.
  Pastor Hoffer resides in Reading, Pennsylvania, and is the pastor at 
the Mount Culmen Evangelical Congregational Church in East Earl, 
Pennsylvania. He was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and 
graduated from Manheim Central High School.
  Mr. Speaker, he served with distinction in the United States Navy 
during World War II. He graduated from Lebanon Valley College in 1953 
and went on to study theology at the Evangelical School of Theology in 
Myerstown, Pennsylvania.
  He and his wife Anna have been married for 48 years and are the proud 
parents of a son, Craig, and three grandchildren.
  On behalf of all of my colleagues, I would like to thank Reverend 
Hoffer for his spiritual guidance this morning.

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