[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 19187]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


           WELCOMING LIEUTENANT CHRISTILENE WHALEN, CHC, USN

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the gentleman from 
Maryland (Mr. Hoyer) is recognized for 1 minute.
  There was no objection.
  Mr. HOYER. I welcome Christilene Whalen, a member of the United 
States Navy Chaplain Corps. She led us in prayer today. She serves at 
the Naval Air Station in Patuxent River in Maryland, where she 
ministers to sailors, military families, and, I might add, the greater 
community in which I have the privilege of living.
  She is a native of the county in which I live, St. Mary's County. She 
went to school at Great Mills High School and went to study at Harvard 
Divinity School. After serving in the ministry for two decades, she 
joined the Navy as a chaplain 2 years ago. Today, she is proud to serve 
so closely to the community where she grew up.
  We thank her, as Members of the House of Representatives, not only 
for gracing us today with our opening prayer, but also for her service 
to her country and to her community. We thank her for the guidance she 
provides to our men and women in uniform. And we thank her for her 
words of inspiration to the House today.
  Lieutenant, we appreciate your being with us.

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