[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5209]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  WELCOMING THE REVEREND GERALD BAKER

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the gentleman from 
Kentucky (Mr. Whitfield) is recognized for 1 minute.
  There was no objection.
  Mr. WHITFIELD. Madam Speaker, I am delighted that, today, Father 
Gerald Baker, pastor of the St. Ann Catholic Church in Morganfield, 
Kentucky, gave our opening prayer.
  He has served as pastor in Morganfield since 2003. Prior to that, 
Father Baker was also the pastor in my hometown of Hopkinsville, 
Kentucky, where he was a wonderful community leader.
  Among other things, he started the St. Luke's Free Clinic in 
Hopkinsville. He received his Master of Divinity degree from Mount St. 
Mary's Seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryland, in 1983, and I might say that 
was the same year that our chaplain, Father Conroy, received his 
degree, also. He was ordained in 1983.
  We are also delighted to have the eighth-grade class of the St. Ann 
Catholic Church with us this morning from Morganfield, and they will be 
taking a tour of the Capitol.
  So, once again, I want to thank Father Baker for being with us today, 
for his leadership in our congressional district as well as in the 
State of Kentucky, and for the spiritual leadership he provides our 
citizens.

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