[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6590]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



         INTRODUCTION OF GUEST CHAPLAIN, DR. LAUDIS H. LANFORD

  (Mr. CHAMBLISS asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CHAMBLISS. Mr. Speaker, it is indeed a privilege and a pleasure 
for me to have Dr. Laudis H. Lanford as the guest chaplain in the House 
today. My good friend, Rick Lanford, is vice president for development 
at the Methodist Home for Children and Youth in Macon, Georgia, where 
he is affectionately known as ``Daddy Rick.''
  Dr. Lanford is a graduate of Emory University in Atlanta and Candler 
School of Theology, where he received a Master of Divinity, and the 
McCormick School of Theology, where he received a Doctor of Ministry.
  Rick's love of the Lord is exhibited in his everyday life, but no 
place more than in his work with the 110 orphaned and abused children 
at the Methodist Home.
  Rick has made a strong commitment to his community and his State. He 
is chaplain for the Macon City Police, the Bibb County, Monroe County, 
and Jones' County Sheriff's Department. He is also chaplain for the 
Georgia Sheriff's Association and serves on the Gang Awareness Task 
Force Committee.
  Dr. Lanford changes lives of young people in our part of the State 
every day. I am proud to have him here today, but I am even more proud 
to call him my good friend.

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