[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 4765]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   WELCOMING REVEREND JOHN ROSENBERG

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the gentleman from 
Washington (Mr. Heck) is recognized for 1 minute.
  There was no objection.
  Mr. HECK of Washington. Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure today to 
welcome to the Nation's Capital Pastor John Rosenberg of the Lutheran 
Church of the Good Shepherd in Olympia, Washington, where he is the 
lead pastor. He is my pastor; today it is personal with me.
  Pastor Rosenberg is a graduate of Concordia Senior College of Luther 
Seminary and even has a graduate degree from one of my alma maters, 
Portland State University.
  It is personal with me today because, in part, Pastor Rosenberg has 
announced his retirement on June 30. We will miss him greatly.
  I have no fear for how he will spend his retirement time because he 
is an obsessive, compulsive fisherman, which is a good thing to be in 
the Pacific Northwest, as a matter of fact.
  I deeply appreciate him for his presence here today. More 
importantly, for living the example of the Scripture which he quoted 
today, by far my favorite, that which I believe is the most holy and 
that which I believe is the wisest, and that is Micah 6:8: Do justly, 
love mercy, and walk humbly with your Lord.
  All these things Pastor John Rosenberg does. Thank you so much for 
being here today, my good friend.

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