[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 15465]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     REVEREND DONALD J. LONGBOTTOM

  Mr. HAGEL. Mr. President, I rise today to thank Rev. Don Longbottom 
for accepting Senate Chaplain Barry Black's and my invitation to join 
us in the U.S. Senate and offer the opening prayer. I also would like 
to recognize his wife, Lori, who has accompanied him to Washington from 
Nebraska.
  Reverend Longbottom is currently the Senior Minister at Countryside 
Community Church United Church of Christ in Omaha, NE. He ministers to 
more than 2,000 members of Countryside Community Church in Omaha, 
including my dear friends Ron and Lois Roskens and former Nebraska 
Congressman John Y. McCollister and his wife Nan.
  In addition to his leadership in faith communities in Kansas, Ohio, 
and California, Reverend Longbottom continues to dedicate himself to 
the spiritual and community needs of many Nebraskans. He currently 
serves on the Board of Directors for the United Church of Christ 
Nebraska Conference and has taught college courses in Environmental and 
Business Ethics.
  I again thank Reverend Longbottom for leading today's prayer for my 
colleagues and I in the U.S. Senate and for guiding us in reflecting 
upon the tremendous responsibilities we have as lawmakers.

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