[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3782]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   WELCOMING REVEREND DR. MARK GOODEN

  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, I rise today to recognize Dr. Mark 
Gooden of Johnson City, Tennessee, for his service today as a guest 
chaplain of the House of Representatives.
  For more than 30 years, Dr. Gooden has served as a spiritual light to 
over half a dozen churches across Tennessee as a pastor and an elder. I 
have personally had the privilege of knowing him as the senior pastor 
of my home church, Munsey Memorial United Methodist Church, in my 
hometown of Johnson City, Tennessee.
  Mark and his wife, Judy, have been a blessing in my life. Mark 
ministered my wife during her recent illness and prayed with my family 
minutes before she passed, and for this I will be eternally grateful.
  I am proud to recognize Dr. Gooden today as a guest chaplain of the 
House of Representatives.

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