[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 48 (Thursday, April 27, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H1855]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   WELCOMING THE REVEREND DON BORLING

  (Mr. NUSSLE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. NUSSLE. Mr. Speaker, first of all let me acknowledge and welcome 
so many of our former colleagues back to the House Chamber here today. 
We welcome you. We thank you for your many years of service, and we 
look forward to the opportunity to renew old friendships.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise to welcome our guest chaplain here today, Don 
Borling, who is the pastor of All Saints Lutheran Church in Orland 
Park, Illinois. He has been the pastor there for over 30 years. You 
might wonder why a guy from Iowa is introducing a minister from 
Illinois. Well, when I went to high school there, this was my home 
church. It is still my parents' home church. Don has been a good friend 
for many years. It is a pleasure to be able to welcome him and his 
wife, Jude; his son, Quinton; and his extended family who are here 
today.
  For many years Don has taught me and so many members of our church on 
the south side of the Chicagoland area about the living God that is 
with us here today, that is in our hearts, in our minds, is in the 
great moments of a Chamber like this where we come together with the 
spotlight of history and the television cameras, but also the kind of 
God that is there in the small moments, when no one is watching and 
when it really matters. He has taught us not only about the God that we 
worship on Sundays but the God that needs to be there every day, Monday 
through Saturday, in our lives. He has been a minister to me; but he 
has also been a mentor, he has been a brother, he has been a friend.
  We welcome Pastor Don Borling and his family, and we thank him for 
opening our House today in prayer.

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