[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13728]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               INTRODUCTION OF THE REVEREND CLINT DECKER

  (Mr. MORAN of Kansas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MORAN of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, it is my great honor today to 
welcome to the House of Representatives the Reverend Clint Decker. 
Through radio interviews and his involvement in his community of Clay 
Center, Kansas, I have worked with Clint for many years, and I am 
pleased to have him here today to offer our opening prayer.
  I am also happy to welcome his wife, Kathe Decker, a State 
Representative from the 64th district in Kansas. She has served our 
State very well in the State capital. Also joining them today is their 
granddaughter Jessica, who is visiting Washington, D.C., for the very 
first time.
  Clint is an ordained minister in the Wesleyan Church. He has served 
in the positions of Assistant Pastor and Youth Pastor in Clay Center 
Wesleyan Church since 1997.
  Over the last 3 years, Clint has served as the Assistant News 
Director for KCLY and KFRM radio. In these positions he has earned 
State awards for his work and has also helped the station earn Station 
of the Year honors.
  Clint has been involved in the Detour Youth Center, a local community 
youth ministry, since 2000. He has served on the board and been the 
ministry's director and has been a regular speaker in working with 
youth.
  In 1990, Clint's life was transformed and he later left a promising 
career in business to pursue service in the full-time ministry. Clint 
attended the Mid-America Nazarene University in Olathe, Kansas, and 
completed his requirements for ordination in Indiana.
  Clint was born in Poughkeepsie, New York, and has also lived in Ohio, 
Colorado, and Missouri. He is the youngest of one brother and two 
sisters. His father is an ordained minister in the Church of the 
Nazarene. His mother and father have been in the pastorate for over 25 
years.
  Mr. Speaker, I welcome Clint and his family to the Nation's Capital.

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