[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 17923]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    WELCOMING REVEREND ERIN CONAWAY

  (Mr. CONAWAY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. CONAWAY. Madam Speaker, as a parent, there is no greater pride 
than the pride felt watching your children grow from being infants to 
being responsible adults. Suzanne and I are blessed to have four grown 
children who have grown into wonderful, responsible adults, and, in the 
case of three of them, seeing them become terrific parents themselves.
  While I would like to brag about all four of our children, today's 
event dictates that I am limited to bragging on the young man who just 
delivered the morning's opening prayer. That young man is our son, 
Erin, who is associate pastor at South Main Baptist Church in Houston, 
Texas. He is a graduate of Baylor University with a fine arts degree 
and a graduate of Truitt Seminary at Baylor University with a master of 
divinity degree.
  More importantly, he is a man of deep faith in Jesus Christ as his 
personal savior. He is also the husband of Carmen Brassfield Conaway 
and father to daughter Alexandra and son Samuel.
  In addition to being a wonderful son, husband and father, Erin is 
also a gifted writer and pastor. Our family was recently blessed when 
Erin performed the memorial services for my dad, his grandfather.
  Suzanne and I are always proud of your accomplishments, but today we 
are particularly proud of seeing you opening this session of Congress 
and look forward to your bright future.
  We love you.

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