[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 3332]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       RECOGNIZING CHAPLAIN BLACK

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, we rarely acknowledge the Chaplain here in 
the Senate, and we should more often. We are so fortunate as a body to 
have this good man leading prayer virtually every day. He gives 
tremendous thought to his prayers and what he should say. His prayers 
are always very challenging and encompass the issues we are dealing 
with.
  For those of you who are watching him and who don't know anything 
about this man, he is a role model for what America is all about. He 
was raised by a single mother, and she would give him a few pennies 
each day that he would memorize a verse of Scripture. I have seen the 
man and his ability to speak volumes. The way he pulls up things he has 
in his brain reminds me of Senator Byrd, who for many years sat right 
here behind where I am, and who had a remarkable ability to remember 
what he read or studied. Admiral Black is the same.
  So I speak for the whole Senate--not Democrats or Republicans but for 
this body--in expressing our appreciation for the good work he does, 
not only the prayers he offers here but the counseling he does on a 
daily basis here in the Senate.

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