[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 7912]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     GUEST CHAPLAIN THOMAS ERICKSON

  Mr. KYL. Mr. President, it is an honor for me this morning to have in 
the Senate Chamber both of my ministers--of course, the Chaplain of the 
Senate, Lloyd Ogilvie, and the individual who gave our prayer this 
morning, who is Thomas Erickson, minister of the Valley Presbyterian 
Church in Scottsdale, AZ. This is the church in which I am a member in 
my home State of Arizona. His wife Carol joins him today in the 
Nation's Capital, and as I said, it is my honor to be with them today 
and certainly an honor for my church to have its minister deliver the 
opening of the Senate.
  Valley Presbyterian Church is a dynamic congregation of some 2,400 
members and growing. Reverend Erickson has been with the church now for 
almost 13 years.
  Mr. President, you perhaps noticed that as he was delivering the 
morning prayer, if you closed your eyes just a little bit, it almost 
sounded like our Chaplain, Lloyd Ogilvie. I frequently do that when I 
am in church here or I am in the Senate Chamber. I close my eyes and I 
can almost hear the other speaking, because they have the same resonant 
voice, especially when delivering a prayer.
  So I am honored, as I said, to be able to present Dr. Erickson to my 
fellow Senators this morning and all of those who observed the morning 
prayer on television.
  I thank you, Mr. President. I yield the floor.

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