[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 97 (Thursday, June 12, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1225]
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              IN HONOR OF THE MOST VENERABLE THICH HO GIAC

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                             HON. AL GREEN

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 12, 2008

  Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. Madam Speaker, this Father's Day, I wish to 
celebrate the life and ministry of the Most Venerable Thich Ho Giac, 
who currently serves at the Phap Luan Buddhist Culture Center in 
Houston, Texas. He was born on January 14, 1928 and is now 80 years 
old. He does not have any biological children of his own, but he is 
still a father figure and mentor to many in the Buddhist faith.
  The Most Venerable Thich Ho Giac has committed his life to religion 
and service. He was admitted to monastery life when he was five years 
old. He was ordained as a bhikkhu in 1948. He came to the United States 
in 1982 and became a United States citizen in 1988. He has two 
leadership titles: Supreme patriarch of Buddhist Sangha and President 
of the Overseas Office of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam.
  Madam Speaker, on this Father's Day, I ask my colleagues and the 
people of Houston to honor the Most Venerable Thich Ho Giac for his 
seventy-five years of service and leadership in the Buddhist faith.

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