[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 25 (Thursday, February 25, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H836]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      HONORING RESERVE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION'S CHAPLAIN OF THE YEAR

  (Mr. CAO asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. CAO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Chaplain Phillip 
``Endel'' Lee, Jr., the 2010 recipient of the Reserve Officers 
Association Chaplain of the Year Award, who is currently serving in my 
district.
  I also congratulate him and thank him for delivering the opening 
prayer here on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives on 
Tuesday, February 9, 2010. His prayer was powerful and moving and 
reminded us that we are ``Americans promoting freedom, responsible for 
our actions, and dedicated to the principles that made us free.''
  Chaplain Lee has always been a beacon of hope to those facing immense 
tragedies. He rescued survivors off rooftops during Hurricane Katrina 
and prayed at Ground Zero with the families of victims of September 11.
  I am proud to have Chaplain Lee serving in my congressional district. 
I thank him for his leadership in the spiritual rebuilding of Orleans 
and Jefferson Parishes, and I speak for all of us here when I thank him 
and his family's service to and sacrifice for this great Nation.

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