[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 11922]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             WARM WELCOME FOR THE REVEREND JOSEPH A. DARBY

  (Mr. CLYBURN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CLYBURN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to thank my pastor, the Reverend 
Joseph Darby of Morris Brown A.M.E. Church, for gracing us with his 
presence here today and for leading this august body in the invocation.
  I said to Reverend Darby just before he came in, I think he may have 
lucked out today because this is the day the former Members will be 
meeting, and he will have the opportunity to send the invocation to 
some warm bodies on the floor. And so I wanted to thank him for being 
here, thank him for his leadership.
  Reverend Darby is more than the pastor of Morris Brown A.M.E. Church. 
He is the first vice president of the South Carolina branch of the 
NAACP. He has a leadership style that endears him to those of us who 
find ourselves in public service. It is one thing to go to church on 
Sunday and to be a part of a congregation; it is something else to be 
able to turn to your pastor for the kind of strength that David and 
Daniel showed as they carried out their good works.
  So, Mr. Speaker, I want to welcome not just my pastor, but my good 
friend, Reverend Darby, here today and thank him for gracing us with 
his presence and thank him for the leadership he gives to his church, 
to his State, to his Nation.

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