[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Page 8841]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              THE CHAPLAIN

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, while the admiral, the Senate Chaplain, is 
on the floor, I wish to take a minute and acknowledge the prayers he 
offers here every morning. I have the good fortune to be here almost 
every day, and the thought and preparation he puts into his prayers is 
meaningful to most all the Senators; I don't know if there is an 
exception to that. Often, these prayers are directed, it seems, to me; 
I guess that is what prayers are all about.
  I appreciate very much his leadership and the hard work he does not 
only with individual Senators but with our staffs. He has been a 
comfort to so many different individuals who work in this huge Capitol 
complex with their personal tragedies and difficulties. Most of those 
don't take place as the prayer does in the Capitol before millions of 
people. They are very private matters. We recognize that, and word 
comes back to me and others about all the good he does.

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