[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 7]
[House]
[Pages 9301-9302]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  WELCOMING REVEREND DR. PHIL HOSKINS

  The SPEAKER. Without objection, the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. 
Roe) is recognized for 1 minute.
  There was no objection.
  Mr. ROE of Tennessee. Mr. Speaker, today our guest chaplain is Dr. 
Phil Hoskins, a native east Tennesseean.
  Dr. Hoskins attended East Tennessee State University, Milligan 
College, and Andersonville Baptist Seminary, where he earned his Doctor 
of Theology degree. For 12 years, Dr. Hoskins served as a full-time 
Southern Baptist evangelist and has conducted over 400 revivals and 
crusades in 28 States and Canada.
  Dr. Hoskins is now the pastor of Higher Ground Baptist Church in 
Kingsport, Tennessee. Since accepting the pastorate of Higher Ground in 
1991, he has helped his congregation grow from under 200 to well over 
3,000 members.
  Dr. Hoskins is here today with his wife, Brenda, and his two 
beautiful daughters, McKenzie Paige and Madison Jade.

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  It is a great honor to introduce Dr. Hoskins, whose dedication and 
commitment to serving God and his fellow man is unwavering.
  I would like to yield to my friend from North Carolina, Heath Shuler.
  Mr. SHULER. I thank the gentleman from Tennessee.
  It is, indeed, an honor that you have asked one of my dear friends, 
Phil Hoskins, to be able to come and preside over the House this 
morning and lead us in prayer, a gentleman who baptized my wife, who 
administered the ceremony that married my brother and his wife.
  So, Phil has meant absolutely everything to me and my family, and I 
love him unconditionally. He has been a man of great character, someone 
I can lean on, and I am jealous that you have him in your district.

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