[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 100 (Tuesday, June 17, 2008)]
[House]
[Page H5415]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    WELCOMING OLIVET BAPTIST CHURCH

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Tennessee (Mr. Cohen) for 1 minute.
  Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure today to welcome a group 
from my hometown, Olivet Baptist Church, hosted by their pastor, 
Kenneth Whalum, Jr.
  Pastor Whalum's father, Pastor Kenneth Whalum, Sr., passed away last 
year, and this House named the post office on South Third Street, the 
main post office in Memphis, in his memory.
  He was a city councilman, an outstanding community leader, a 
clergyman of renown, and my friend. He has three sons--two musicians, 
one of whom is Kirk Whalum, as many of you know from his saxophone 
playing--and then his son, Pastor Kenneth Whalum, Jr., who serves on 
the Memphis City School Board and who is a political and ecumenical 
leader in the City of Memphis as well.
  I welcome Olivet Baptist Church to the House of Representatives, and 
I give praise to them for helping me get here.

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