[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 19434]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



WELCOMING THE REVEREND JERRY PRUITT, NEW ARK CHRISTIAN CENTER, BELOIT, 
                               WISCONSIN

  (Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to thank the Pastor, 
Jerry Pruitt, from the newly renamed Faith Builders International in 
Beloit, Wisconsin, formerly known as New Ark Christian.
  Mr. Speaker, I have come to know Pastor Jerry Pruitt as a personal 
friend and a counselor, a man who has give guidance not only to myself, 
but to countless numbers of people throughout Northern Illinois and 
Southern Wisconsin.
  Jerry Pruitt is a man who has built a church from the ground up, 
literally, to one where it is a beacon of hope, of religious pride, of 
Christian values, that is spreading throughout Southern Wisconsin, and 
now going international.
  Mr. Speaker, it is a privilege to be here today to have Pastor Jerry 
Pruitt open today's proceedings with a prayer. We are very proud of him 
at home in Wisconsin. Now we are very proud of him here in the Nation.
  Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, for allowing the opportunity to 
have such a wonderful man, who has brought so much to so many people's 
lives, be with us today.

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