[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Pages 17253-17254]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           THE GUEST CHAPLAIN

  Mr. HELMS. Madam President, during my almost 30 years in the Senate, 
I have been honored to welcome dozens of remarkably gifted guest 
Chaplains. Today's guest Chaplain, Anne Graham Lotz, of Raleigh, NC, my 
hometown, is one of North Carolina's most distinguished citizens and 
one of America's most beloved evangelists who, for more than 25 years, 
has been taking the good news of Jesus Christ across the United States 
and to many foreign countries.
  Of course, she is the daughter of the remarkable two people, Billy 
and Ruth Graham. And this remarkable lady has preached the gospel to 
hundreds of thousands of Americans, filling up large civic arenas in 
countless major U.S. cities as well.
  Anne Graham Lotz has addressed the United Nations General Assembly in 
New York. She represented her distinguished father at Amsterdam 2000, 
the largest gathering of evangelists in history.
  Anne Graham Lotz is a leader of Just Give Me Jesus, which is making a 
nationwide tour to spark a spiritual revival. This past April, Anne's 
tour came to Raleigh where more than 26,000 people packed our city's 
largest arena for 2 days of singing and praying and teaching, led by--
who else?--Anne Graham Lotz.
  Anne is the final guest Chaplain whom Dot Helms and I will have the 
privilege of hosting. That is appropriate because Dot's and my family 
have known and loved her and her great family for a long time.
  The first time I heard Anne's blessed father, Billy Graham, was in 
1951. At that time, I was administrative assistant to a distinguished 
Senator from North Carolina, the late Willis Smith. Billy preached just 
steps from this Chamber on the East Front of the Capitol, and I had 
read in the Washington Sunday morning paper that he was to

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be here. And I said: Mercy, I don't believe he will have anybody here. 
I am going over there and make sure that one North Carolinian joins 
him. Well, Madam President, there was standing room only from the doors 
of the Capitol all the way to the Supreme Court.
  Anne is joined today by her husband, Dr. Danny Lotz, who was a star 
basketball player during his years at the University of North Carolina 
at Chapel Hill.
  Their two daughters, Rachel-Ruth and Morrow, are with us this morning 
along with their husbands, Steven Wright and Traynor Reitmeier, and 
Anne's granddaughter, Bell.
  So, Madam President, Anne Graham Lotz is herself an integral part of 
Billy Graham's remarkable legacy, and it is my honor to have presented 
her to the United States Senate this morning.
  I yield the floor.
  Mr. NICKLES. Madam President, I wish to welcome our guest Chaplain 
today, along with Senator Helms. I am very proud that she would be our 
guest Chaplain. Her father is a friend of all of us and received the 
well deserved congressional gold medal. It is obvious by listening to 
Anne Graham Lotz that she possesses that same great character, 
inspiration, and leadership as a preacher as well. I welcome her to the 
Senate and compliment and congratulate Senator Helms for inviting her 
to be our guest Chaplain.

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