[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 27280]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                 WELCOME TO THE REVEREND LUKE E. TORIAN

  (Mr. DAVIS of Virginia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DAVIS of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I am honored to welcome our guest 
chaplain and my constituent, the Reverend Dr. Luke Torian, to the House 
of Representatives this morning.
  Dr. Torian is the inspirational pastor of the First Mount Zion 
Baptist Church in Dumfries, Virginia, located in Prince William County 
in my district. I have had the great pleasure of hearing this man of 
God deliver dynamic messages on more than one occasion at his church. 
He has a Bachelor's Degree from Winston-Salem State University, North 
Carolina, a Master's from Virginia Union University and a Doctorate 
from Howard University in Washington, D.C.
  In the past 20 years, as a dutiful shepherd in the ministry of his 
community, his service includes Mount Bethel Baptist Church, Roxboro, 
North Carolina; Gilfield Baptist Church in Charles City, Virginia, and 
present location, First Mount Zion Baptist Church in Dumfries, 
Virginia. He is married to the former Clarice Jones of Charlottesville, 
Virginia, and they are the proud parents of a 9-year-old daughter, 
Constance.
  No stranger to Capitol Hill, he was a congressional staffer in the 
mid-1980s. On behalf of the entire House of Representatives, I ask my 
colleagues to join me in thanking Doctor Luke Torian for starting our 
legislative day in prayer with an inspirational message.

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