[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 88 (Thursday, June 27, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H4072]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 INTRODUCTION OF CHAPLAIN FRED HUSCHER

  (Mr. CALVERT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased and honored to welcome 
Chaplain Fred Huscher as our guest chaplain in the House of 
Representatives today. Chaplain Huscher serves as the Riverside County 
Sheriff's Department chaplain and is visiting Washington, D.C. as a 
member of the FBI Chaplains Steering Committee.
  Chaplain Huscher served honorably in the United States Air Force and 
then graduated with a degree of theology from Concordia Seminary in 
Springfield, Illinois, in 1964. He moved on to work as pastor in Oregon 
and Washington and obtained his Doctor of Ministry degree from 
Concordia Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He settled in California in 
1973.
  After serving as vice president of the Concordia University in 
Irvine, California, Chaplain Huscher was hired in 1997 to be department 
chaplain and peer support coordinator for over 3,000 personnel of the 
Riverside County Sheriff's Department, located in my congressional 
district. There he contributed greatly to the well-being and overall 
morale of the sheriff's department.
  Some of his accomplishments include acting as a state chaplain for 
the Peace Officers Research Association of California, serving on a 
panel for the California Department of Justice Commission on Peace 
Officer Standards and Training, and serving as the FBI chaplain for Los 
Angeles Field Office and the Riverside Resident Agency.
  Chaplain Huscher's life has been marked by continual service and 
dedication to the word of God, his community, and his country. It is my 
distinct pleasure to welcome him to Washington today and thank him on 
behalf of the United States House of Representatives for our opening 
prayer.

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