[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 77 (Tuesday, May 19, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H3317]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  WELCOMING REVEREND GREGORY GOETHALS

  The SPEAKER. Without objection, the gentleman from California (Mr. 
Becerra) is recognized for 1 minute.
  There was no objection.
  (Mr. BECERRA asked and was given permission to revise and extend his 
remarks.)
  Mr. BECERRA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to welcome Father Gregory 
Goethals, a member of the Society of Jesus and the president of Loyola 
High School in Los Angeles, to the United States House of 
Representatives. We thank him for delivering today's opening prayer.
  Father Goethals is one of Los Angeles' finest public servants. He has 
dedicated his life to educating our country's next generation of 
leaders. Loyola High School, an all-boys school in the Pico Union area 
of Los Angeles, ranks as one of the finest institutions of secondary 
education in America.
  At Loyola, under Father Goethals, young men are motivated to become 
``educated'' in the full sense of the word. Not only do students at 
Loyola go on to complete college at the finest universities in America, 
but they graduate Loyola having donated more than 1.5 million hours of 
community service to inner city schools and neighborhoods over the past 
25 years.
  This year, Loyola High School will celebrate its 150th anniversary, 
making it the oldest continually operated educational institution in 
southern California. Under the visionary stewardship of Father 
Goethals, Loyola is poised to graduate yet another era of American 
heroes and leaders.
  For that, Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me to applaud 
Father Gregory Goethals for his dedication to his faith and to our 
leaders of tomorrow. We will remember his words of prayer this morning.

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