[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Page 11579]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           THE GUEST CHAPLAIN

  Mr. REID. Madam President, it was really a pleasure for me this 
morning to listen to and visit with Rev. Marvin Gant. Marvin is from 
the town where I went to high school. When I went to high school there, 
Henderson was a relatively small community, but, of course, now it is 
the second largest city in Nevada. It is a metropolitan area. But when 
Reverend Gant first started preaching in Henderson, it was a much 
smaller community. So I am happy to have him here. He is now part of--
not a small church like he has been involved in in other phases of his 
life but a huge church--a megachurch, it is called, the largest in 
Nevada, led by a man by the name of Judd Wilhite.
  Judd Wilhite is a man who has such a great presence, as we say. The 
first time I witnessed his presence was at a funeral service he 
conducted for a police officer who was killed, a U.S. marshal who was 
killed. There were thousands of people there. When it came time for him 
to talk, he did speak and it was for less than 5 minutes, but he was 
conducting the ceremony and did it in a unique and brilliant and 
spiritual way.
  I am very happy to have my friend Reverend Gant here. He brings honor 
to Nevada and to all the congregations he has served over many years in 
his pastoral duties. I am glad to call him my friend.

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