[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 19042]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



   WELCOMING THE REVEREND DR. W. WILSON GOODE, SR., AS GUEST CHAPLAIN

  (Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to be here to 
welcome our guest chaplain, my good friend and former employer, the 
right Reverend W. Wilson Goode. Reverend Goode has always served God 
and the public at the same time. He rose from deacon to associate 
pastor at the First Baptist Church of Paschall.
  He rose from a Philadelphia neighborhood block captain to 
Philadelphia's Mayor, who, in his infinite wisdom, appointed me as his 
deputy.
  He went from organizing his block to leading faith-based initiatives 
at the nonprofit Public/Private Ventures. He is Associate Professor of 
Political Science and Urban Policy at Eastern College, where he puts 
his experience as Chairman of the Pennsylvania Public Utility 
Commission, Deputy Assistant Secretary for the U.S. Department of 
Education, Philadelphia's Managing Director and Mayor of Philadelphia, 
to work for his students.
  Dr. Goode has been awarded 14 honorary doctorates and has published 
an autobiography, In Good Faith. He is a family man, who has seen his 
son elected to the city council.
  More than anything else, Wilson Goode is a person who can bring 
people together. He did that as a mayor, he did that in his candidacy, 
and now does that as a reverend.
  Mr. Speaker, in these troubled times it is important that we hear 
from people like W. Wilson Goode, so I welcome him with pride, and I 
thank him for being here.
  Again, there are a whole lot of titles that he holds, a whole lot of 
positions that he held, but the one most endearing with me, the 
position and title that he holds with me, is dear friend. I thank him, 
and may God continue to bless him, and God bless our troops.

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