[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5373]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 WELCOMING REVEREND BOYD THOMAS TUCKER

  The SPEAKER. Without objection, the gentleman from South Carolina 
(Mr. Mulvaney) is recognized for 1 minute.
  There was no objection.
  Mr. MULVANEY. Mr. Speaker, it is with great honor and pleasure that I 
introduce to the Chamber today Reverend Tom Tucker. Tom is the senior 
pastor at Sisk Memorial Baptist Church in Fort Mill, which is just down 
the street from my house.
  I was talking to Reverend Tucker beforehand, and he said he was 
called to ministry, Mr. Speaker, when he was 18, but he fought it until 
he was 30. I think it is a wonderful story.
  He has been the president of the South Carolina Baptist Convention 
Pastors Conference; he is currently the first vice president of the 
South Carolina Baptist Convention; he is a featured devotional speaker 
for the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association; and he has ministered, 
literally, all over the world.
  He is married to Brenda. They have two children who are here today, 
one of whom, Krystal, is married to Jared Ribble, the son of my good 
friend, Congressman Reid Ribble from Wisconsin.
  So it is an honor and a privilege to have, today, as our guest 
chaplain, Reverend Tom Tucker.

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