[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 93 (Tuesday, July 12, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H5642]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      HONORING RABBI DAVID GREENE

  (Mr. GUTKNECHT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. GUTKNECHT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of our guest 
chaplain and my friend, Rabbi David Greene of Rochester, Minnesota. I 
often tell students when they come to visit the Capitol that the first 
official act of the United States Congress was to appoint a chaplain. 
The second thing that they did was they prayed, and it was not a 
perfunctory prayer. They prayed for 1\1/2\ hours. We have long 
understood the importance of faith in our society.
  Rabbi Greene was born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He 
attended the first Orthodox Jewish parochial school in Minnesota, 
received his ordination from the Rabbinical College of Canada in 1984, 
and completed post-graduate Judaic studies at Lubavitch Yeshiva in 
Brooklyn, New York.
  Since 1988 Rabbi Greene has served as the Lubavitcher Rebbe's 
Emissary to Rochester, more specifically, to the Mayo Clinic. In his 
service, he meets the spiritual needs of Jewish people who reside in or 
visit Rochester, Minnesota.
  I thank Rabbi Greene for his service as our guest chaplain to the 
United States House of Representatives today.

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