[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 19663]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                WELCOMING THE REVEREND JONATHAN FALWELL

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the gentleman from 
Virginia is recognized for 1 minute.
  There was no objection.
  Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, it is a real honor today to welcome our 
guest chaplain, the Reverend Jonathan Falwell, the senior pastor of 
Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchburg, Virginia, one of the largest 
churches in America, which has a tremendous outreach to the community 
in Lynchburg and across Virginia, across our Nation and, indeed, across 
the world helping people in need. He also serves as the executive vice 
president of spiritual affairs at Liberty University, the world's 
largest evangelical Christian university, with over 40,000 students, 
both on campus and online.
  I very much welcome not only Reverend Falwell, but his entire family 
who is with us in the gallery today, and we are delighted that they 
could be with us to share in a full day of activities here at the 
United States Capitol and to meet as many Members of the House and 
staff members and others who work so hard here on behalf of our 
country.
  I hope Members will take the opportunity to come by and say hello to 
him at the various places he'll be during the course of the day. I'm 
honored to call Reverend Falwell a constituent and, most importantly, a 
dear friend; and I offer the thanks of this entire body to him for 
delivering today's morning prayer. He is joined by his wife, Shari, as 
well as their four children, Jonathan Jr., Jessica, Natalie and 
Nicholas, as well as his mother, Macel. Thank you all for being with 
us.

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