[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 8647]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    RECOGNIZING CHAPLAIN MAURY STOUT

  (Mr. RYUN of Kansas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. RYUN of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to welcome Chaplain 
Maury Stout to the House floor. Chaplain Stout is presently an action 
officer at the Army Chief of Chaplains at the Pentagon. Prior to that 
he served as the brigade chaplain for the First Brigade, First Infantry 
Division at Fort Riley in my district.
  Prior to coming to Fort Riley, Chaplain Stout served as the Task 
Force Chaplain at Camp Kabal, Kuwait. He has also served at many other 
posts and was awarded the FORSCOM Excellence in Ministry Award while 
serving as the Squadron Chaplain at Fort Polk, Louisiana.
  Chaplain Stout is impressively educated, holding degrees from Central 
Bible College, Harvard University, the Assemblies of God Theological 
Seminary, and Georgetown University.
  He has been honored with numerous awards, including the Meritorious 
Service Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, the National Defense 
Service Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Military 
Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal, the Korean Defense Service Medal, 
to name just a few.
  But I am sure he will tell you that his highest honor is with his 
family, who is up here seated in the gallery today, his wife, Jeressa, 
and they have four children.
  Mr. Speaker, it is my distinct honor to welcome Chaplain Stout to the 
House Chamber. I commend him for his outstanding service, and express 
my appreciation to him for opening our session today.

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