[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 52 (Wednesday, April 21, 2004)]
[House]
[Page H2203]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             IN RECOGNITION OF THE REVEREND WOODROW HUDSON

  (Mr. COLLINS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. COLLINS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to salute the Reverend Woodrow 
Hudson, who gave this morning's opening prayer. Reverend Hudson is the 
Director of Chaplaincy Services for the Georgia Department of 
Corrections. He leads 118 field chaplains and approximately 4,000 
certified prison volunteers in 39 of our State prisons, six 
transitional centers, six probation detention centers, and three 
private prisons in the State of Georgia.
  In the Reverend's Chaplaincy Services section are the Prison 
Volunteers and the Reentry Aftercare Partnership. These volunteers 
offer and provide spiritual guidance to over 50,000 inmates in all of 
Georgia's correctional institutions. The Reentry Aftercare Partnership 
works with churches to provide guidance to inmates returning to their 
communities.
  Before Reverend Hudson became Director of Chaplaincy Services in 
Georgia, he was a pastor for 32 years in churches in Mississippi and 
Georgia. He was active in many community organizations in each 
community where he served as pastor. Reverend Hudson resides in 
Carollton, Georgia, with his wife, Betty, and we welcome his wife in 
the gallery. They have been married for 45 years and have three 
children. And, Mr. Speaker, one of his daughters serves this Nation as 
an officer in the Secret Service.
  Mr. Speaker, as a Member of Congress, I ask my colleagues to please 
join me in welcoming Reverend Woodrow Hudson, Jr., for his outstanding 
service to Georgia and for his outstanding opening prayer this morning.

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