[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 116 (Wednesday, July 23, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Page S4756]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               TRIBUTE TO THE REVEREND GREGG W. ANDERSON

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I rise today to pay tribute to an 
upstanding citizen from my home State, the Commonwealth of Kentucky. 
The Reverend Gregg W. Anderson is an accomplished news reporter and 
dedicated prison chaplain, ministering to inmates in the Commonwealth.
  Though he has traveled the world, and worked as a reporter at radio 
and television stations across the Midwest, Reverend Anderson is 
honored to call Bardstown in Nelson County, KY, his home, where he 
hosts ``Talk of the Town'' Monday through Friday evenings on WBRT, 
Bardstown's hometown radio station on 97.1 FM and 1320 AM. This year, 
WBRT celebrates its 60th anniversary informing and cultivating a 
special relationship with the Bardstown community.
  During his nearly four decades as a news reporter, Reverend Anderson 
has enjoyed a varied and successful career covering everything from 
Super Bowls to bank robberies. However, he has found no assignment more 
rewarding than that of ``a good news reporter,'' bringing the good news 
of Christ to others.
  His conversion experience began after he covered the horrific 1988 
Carrollton school bus crash. Killing 27 people, including 24 children, 
the Carrollton crash remains the worst drunk-driving accident in our 
Nation's history.
  The gruesomeness and heartache Reverend Anderson witnessed following 
that crash inspired him to begin bringing the light of Christ to 
others. On May 15, 1988, the day after the accident, Reverend Anderson 
felt called by God to be a ``good news reporter.'' One year later he 
founded 70x7 Evangelistic Ministry. Continuing as a news reporter by 
day, Reverend Anderson began his ministry career by preaching at church 
services and revivals at night.
  His ministry eventually brought him to the prisons of Kentucky and 
Ohio, where he became a devoted and beloved prison chaplain. Reverend 
Anderson worked with the prisoners, bringing many hardened criminals 
the message of Christ. Reverend Anderson eventually took his prison 
chaplaincy overseas, ministering to inmates in Estonia and Latvia, 
before returning to the United States.
  The Reverend Gregg W. Anderson's dedication seems to know no bounds. 
His devotion and commitment to his work, whether in news reporting or 
in his Christian ministry, is an inspiration for us all, and I ask that 
my Senate colleagues join me in honoring him today.

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