[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 21753]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                WELCOMING THE REVEREND RICHARD D. TURPIN

  (Mrs. GILLIBRAND asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. GILLIBRAND. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the Reverend 
Richard David Turpin, who has so eloquently provided the blessing to 
open the House this day.
  Reverend Turpin serves as the pastor of the Second Baptist Church in 
beautiful Catskill, New York, just across the Hudson River from my home 
in New York's 20th Congressional District. And I welcome his beautiful 
family, who has joined us in the gallery.
  The Reverend is a native of New York's capital region and has been an 
influential force in the Catskill community since he assumed his 
current position in the Second Baptist Church in 2000.
  As preacher and counselor for the prison ministry at Albany 
Correctional Facility, chaplain for the Albany Rescue Mission, 
president of the Hudson River Frontier Missionary Baptist Association 
Laymen Ministry, and athletic coordinator for the Youth Department of 
the Empire Missionary Baptist Convention, Reverend Turpin has touched 
the lives of young and old throughout upstate New York.
  I thank him for his service to our district, for his dedication to 
his faith, and for taking the time to travel with his family from 
Clifton Park to address the House of Representatives today.

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