[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 31 (Tuesday, March 5, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Page S1095]
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                              THE CHAPLAIN

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, before the Chaplain leaves the Chamber, I 
want to say something on behalf of all the Senators.
  New Senators probably don't know him as well as those who have been 
here longer than the beginning of this year, but we are so fortunate to 
have this good man leading the Senate in our spiritual activities. He 
leads the prayer every morning. We have a ``Prayer Breakfast'' every 
Wednesday. And during that period of time when we don't see him, he is 
out counseling people who work here, including individual Senators.
  During the last few years, my wife has been ill and has had a bad 
accident. He has been so in tune with her, making sure that we all are 
aware of how well she is doing. She has had a great recovery.
  So on behalf of the whole Senate, I extend my appreciation to this 
good man--a man who was born with very little except a very good mother 
who taught him early on--and had a very keen intellect--that with his 
mind he could accomplish a great deal.
  As far as memory, there is only one other person I have known in my 
lifetime who had a memory like his, and that was Robert Byrd, the 
longtime Senator from West Virginia. Chaplain Black has a remarkable 
memory of not only all the Scriptures, Old and New Testament, but 
poems. He has an intellect that is really amazing.
  Again, I repeat, we are all so very fortunate that he is Chaplain of 
the Senate.

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