[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 47 (Wednesday, March 18, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H3529]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   WELCOMING BISHOP GEORGE E. BATTLE

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the gentleman from North 
Carolina (Mr. Watt) is recognized for 1 minute.
  There was no objection.
  Mr. WATT. Mr. Speaker, I am privileged today to welcome and say words 
of welcome on behalf of the House to the wonderful bishop and minister 
who delivered our prayer for us this morning, whom I am privileged to 
have as a constituent in my congressional district.
  He is not only a leader in the African Methodist Episcopal Zion 
Church but has been a leader in our community of Charlotte, North 
Carolina, and in our State for a number of years. He has served on our 
school board, he has been a corporate leader serving on boards of 
distinction, and he is an outstanding family man as well as, of course, 
a religious leader of our community.
  We are delighted to welcome Bishop Battle today, and wish him well. 
His wife is just recovering from surgery, and we wish her well also on 
behalf of the House.

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