[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 137 (Monday, September 17, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1901-E1903]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     TRIBUTE TO BISHOP EDWARD SMITH

                                 ______
                                 

                         HON. JAMES E. CLYBURN

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, September 17, 2007

  Mr. CLYBURN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to a 
spiritual leader whose commitment to his congregation and to his church 
spans half of a century. Bishop Edward Smith, dedicated pastor of the 
Progressive Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ, celebrates his 50th 
anniversary in the ministry this year. A beacon for hope in times of 
sorrow and an inspiring figure in times of celebration, Bishop Smith 
has faithfully and prayerfully served the Denmark community. I 
congratulate Bishop Smith on this significant milestone in his 
ministry.
  In the Book of Micah we find the question, ``What does the Lord 
require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly 
with your God?'' Bishop Smith has certainly answered with an adherence 
to that biblical admonition. He began his service in 1957. Bishop 
Joseph Williams appointed the then Elder Smith as the new pastor of 
Progressive Church following the resignation of Elder Collins. In 
accepting this challenge, Bishop Smith said, ``The Lord saved me for 
service and if this is where I am to serve, here am I Lord use me.'' 
And so, with the Apostle Peter as his example, Bishop Smith sold his 
home in Columbia, South Carolina and went to Denmark to build a house 
for the Lord.
  By fall 1959, Bishop Smith moved his church from Blackville, South 
Carolina to a storefront in Denmark, South Carolina, increasing his 
congregation from six to fifteen. With the power of faith, the force of 
hammers, and Bishop Smith as their guide, seven months of construction 
later, February 1963, there stood a new church on East Haynes Street.
  Over the course of the 46 years that followed, he presided over an 
expansion that included a Progressive Child Development Center 
established in 1986, and the purchase of a sixteen acre track of land 
on Progressive Way, where Bishop Smith envisions a new K-12 school and 
efficiency apartments for the elderly. Today, the Progressive Church in 
Denmark attracts congregants from five neighboring counties.
  Madam Speaker, I ask you and my colleagues to join me in 
congratulating Bishop Edward Smith on his 50th Anniversary. Like his 
spiritual guide, Saint Peter, he has established a strong house for 
God. In addition, this vibrant and devoted civic leader has enriched 
the lives of many in Denmark, South Carolina. I commend his 
steadfastness on behalf of ``the least of these'' and I applaud Bishop 
Edward Smith for his half century of public service.

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                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate on February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place, 
and purpose of the meetings, when scheduled, and any cancellations or 
changes in the meetings as they occur.
  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this 
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the 
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Tuesday, September 18, 2007 may be found in 
the Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                              SEPTEMBER 19
     9:30 a.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Robin 
           Renee Sanders, of New York, to be Ambassador to the 
           Federal Republic of Nigeria, Barry Leon Wells, of Ohio, 
           to be Ambassador to the Republic of The Gambia, Mark M. 
           Boulware, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Islamic 
           Republic of Mauritania, James D. McGee, of Florida, to 
           be Ambassador to the Republic of Zimbabwe, and Ronald 
           K. McMullen, of Iowa, to be Ambassador to the State of 
           Eritrea.
                                                            SD-419
       Indian Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the process of federal 
           recognition of Indian tribes.
                                                            SD-628
       Rules and Administration
         To hold a hearing to examine S. 1905, to provide for a 
           rotating schedule for regional selection of delegates 
           to a national Presidential nominating convention.
                                                            SR-301
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the current state of affairs 
           for information technology with the Department of 
           Veterans Affairs.
                                                            SD-562
       Joint Economic Committee
         To hold hearings to examine the evolution of an economic 
           crisis, focusing on the subprime lending disaster and 
           the threat to the broader economy.
                                                            SH-216
     10 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         Business meeting to mark up S. 1518, to amend the 
           McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to reauthorize 
           the Act, and H.R. 835, to reauthorize the programs of 
           the Department of Housing and Urban Development for 
           housing assistance for Native Hawaiians, and an 
           original bill entitled, ``FHA Modernization Act of 
           2007''.
                                                            SD-538
       Environment and Public Works
       Transportation Safety, Infrastructure Security, and Water 
           Quality Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine America's wastewater 
           infrastructure needs in the 21st century.
                                                            SD-406
     10:30 a.m.
       Aging
         To hold hearings to examine preparing for the digital 
           television transition, focusing on how senior citizens 
           will be affected.
                                                            SD-106
     2:30 p.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine the ``material support to 
           terrorist organizations'' bar to admission to asylum 
           and resettlement in the United States, focusing on the 
           denial of refuge to the persecuted.
                                                            SD-226
     3 p.m.
       Foreign Relations
       International Operations and Organizations, Democracy and 
           Human Rights Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the Everglades, focusing on 
           protecting natural treasures through international 
           organizations.
                                                            SD-419

                              SEPTEMBER 20
     9:30 a.m.
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold joint hearings with the House Committee on 
           Veterans' Affairs to examine the legislative 
           presentation by the American Legion.
                                              345, Cannon Building
     9:55 a.m.
       Environment and Public Works
         Business meeting to consider S. 589, to provide for the 
           transfer of certain Federal property to the United 
           States Paralympics, Incorporated, a subsidiary of the 
           United States Olympic Committee, and General Services 
           Administration resolutions.
                                                            SD-406
     10 a.m.
       Environment and Public Works
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine the condition of 
           our Nation's bridges.
                                                            SD-406
       Finance
         To hold hearings to examine a review of bank treatment of 
           social security benefits.
                                                            SD-215
       Small Business and Entrepreneurship
         To hold hearings to examine expanding opportunities for 
           women entrepreneurs, focusing on the future of women's 
           small business programs.
                                                           SR-428A
     2:30 p.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Federal Financial Management, Government Information, 
           Federal Services, and International Security 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the Office of Management and 
           Budget's oversight on ongoing information systems 
           projects, focusing on the efficacy of the management 
           practices used by agencies to ensure the success of the 
           projects.
                                                            SD-342
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Public Lands and Forests Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine S. 1143, to designate the 
           Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse and the surrounding Federal 
           land in the State of Florida as an Outstanding Natural 
           Area and as a unit of the National Landscape System, S. 
           2034, to amend the Oregon Wilderness Act of 1984 to 
           designate the Copper Salmon Wilderness and to amend the 
           Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the 
           North and South Forks of the Elk River in the State of 
           Oregon as wild or scenic rivers, S. 1377, to direct the 
           Secretary of the Interior to convey to the City of 
           Henderson, Nevada, certain Federal land located in the 
           City, S. 1608 and H.R. 815, bills to provide for the 
           conveyance of certain land in Clark County, Nevada, for 
           use by the Nevada National Guard, S. 1740, to amend the 
           Act of February 22, 1889, and the Act of July 2, 1862, 
           to provide for the management of public land trust 
           funds in the State of North Dakota, S. 1802, to adjust 
           the boundaries of the Frank Church River of No Return 
           Wilderness in the State of Idaho, S. 1939, to provide 
           for the conveyance of certain land in the Santa Fe 
           National Forest, New Mexico, S. 1940, to reauthorize 
           the Rio Puerco Watershed Management Program, and S. 
           1433, to amend the Alaska National Interest Lands 
           Conservation Act to provide competitive status to 
           certain Federal employees in the State of Alaska.
                                                            SD-366
       Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219

                              SEPTEMBER 24
     3 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine scientific 
           assessments of the impacts of global climate change on 
           wildfire activity in the United States.
                                                            SD-366

                              SEPTEMBER 25
     9:30 a.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine strengthening the Foreign 
           Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).
                                                            SD-226
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold oversight hearings to examine Persian Gulf War 
           research.
                                                            SD-562
     10 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine S. 1756, to provide 
           supplemental ex gratia compensation to the Republic of 
           the Marshall Islands for impacts of the nuclear testing 
           program of the United States.
                                                            SD-366
     2:30 p.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine pending judicial nominations.
                                                            SD-226

                              SEPTEMBER 26
     10 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine S. 1543, to establish a 
           national geothermal initiative to encourage increased 
           production of energy from geothermal resources.
                                                            SD-366

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     2:30 p.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Michael J. 
           Sullivan, of Massachusetts, to be Director, Bureau of 
           Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.
                                                            SD-226

                              SEPTEMBER 27
     9:30 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine hard-rock mining on federal 
           lands.
                                                            SD-366
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Paul J. 
           Hutter, of Virginia, to be General Counsel, Department 
           of Veterans Affairs.
                                                            SD-562
     2:30 p.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the United Nations Convention 
           on the Law of the Sea (T. Doc. 103-39).
                                                            SD-419
       Energy and Natural Resources
       National Parks Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine S. 128, to amend the Cache La 
           Poudre River Corridor Act to designate a new management 
           entity, make certain technical and conforming 
           amendments, enhance private property protections, S. 
           148, to establish the Paterson Great Falls National 
           Park in the State of New Jersey, S. 189, to decrease 
           the matching funds requirements and authorize 
           additional appropriations for Keweenaw National 
           Historical Park in the State of Michigan, S. 697, to 
           establish the Steel Industry National Historic Site in 
           the State of Pennsylvania, S. 1341, to provide for the 
           exchange of certain Bureau of Land Management land in 
           Pima County, Arizona, S. 1476, to authorize the 
           Secretary of the Interior to conduct special resources 
           study of the Tule Lake Segregation Center in Modoc 
           County, California, to determine suitability and 
           feasibility of establishing a unit of the National Park 
           System, S. 867, to adjust the boundary of Lowell 
           National Historical Park, S. 1709 and H.R. 1239, bills 
           to amend the National Underground Railroad Network to 
           Freedom Act of 1998 to provide additional staff and 
           oversight of funds to carry out the Act, S. 1808, to 
           authorize the exchange of certain land in Denali 
           National Park in the State of Alaska, and S. 1969, to 
           authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a 
           special resource study to determine the suitability and 
           feasibility of designating Estate Grange and other 
           sites related to Alexander Hamilton's life on the 
           island of St. Croix in the United States Virgin Islands 
           as a unit of the National Park System.
                                                            SD-366