[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 14]
[House]
[Pages 20013-20014]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



               WELCOMING THE REVEREND DR. GEORGE DILLARD

  (Mr. KINGSTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, it is a great pleasure today to introduce 
my friend, Dr. George Dillard of the Peachtree City Christian Church in 
Peachtree City, Georgia.
  George Dillard and his wife, Renee, and his children have been 
friends of mine for many years. We met in 1992 when I was running for 
office and George helped me a lot, not just in terms of let us get out 
and get some votes, but as a candidate, you often go through peaks and 
valleys and many, many dark hours. And George helped me through those, 
gave me a lot of advice. He also was one of the first persons that I 
called when my Aunt Louie died because I wanted to ask him a few 
questions about her beliefs; and George was there to give me some very 
sage, Biblical advice.
  George has been a friend through the period when the guards at the 
United States Capitol were shot and killed. He was a friend during the 
trials and tribulations regarding the impeachment debate. He has been a 
friend through Bosnia and Kosovo, and now Afghanistan. All the perils. 
He was among the first to call me after the tragedy of September 11 and 
said, what can I do to help? He has opened this House Chamber in the 
past with prayer before, and so it is good to have a familiar voice and 
a familiar face with us.
  Now, George was pastor in Rincon, Georgia in the first district of 
Georgia when I was running in 1992, but having done great works there 
and converted so many souls, he realized he needed to go up to the 
third district of Georgia where the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. 
Collins) was elected. I think he felt like there must be a need, and so 
he is now a constituent of my great friend, the gentleman from the 
third district of Georgia (Mr. Collins).
  So I am going to yield to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Collins) 
and let him complete the introduction of Dr. George Dillard. To George, 
let me just say thank you.
  Mr. COLLINS. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman. I appreciate the 
fact that Reverend George Dillard did move to the third district of 
Georgia. As we can tell by his opening prayer, he is a messenger of 
God's word; and he is also one who believes in returning the message to 
God based on the things that he sees and the things that are happening 
in this country and asking for the need and the help of God. I welcome 
him here today.
  I think it is great that he opened the House this morning. His wife 
and children were here last year and as he was leaving home yesterday 
and he called in, his children answered and said, Where are you? He 
said, I am in Congressman Collins's office. They said, oh, that is 
Uncle Mac. Tell him we will be back to see him, and we want them to 
come. His family does great work in Peachtree City, Georgia. He will do

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great work wherever he goes because he is delivering the message of 
God.
  Thank you, George Dillard, for being here this morning. Thank you, 
Chaplain, for inviting him to come up and participate here this 
morning.

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