[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 13174]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           MILITARY CHAPLAINS

  (Mr. WESTERMAN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WESTERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today, as did my colleague, the 
gentleman from South Carolina, to note that today marks the 240th 
birthday of the military Chaplain Corps, which was originally founded 
by the Continental Congress.
  I stand today to honor the men and women who serve the spiritual 
needs of those in uniform. The military chaplains who serve and have 
served bravely go with their fellow soldiers into combat theaters not 
to fight, but to fill the role of pastor, counselor, and listener for 
our armed services.
  Military chaplains are held in especially high regard within my own 
office, with Arkansas National Guard Captain David Wittee serving as an 
Army chaplain in addition to serving as my military affairs liaison and 
a field representative in the Fourth District of Arkansas.
  I want to thank Captain Wittee and all military chaplains, both 
current and past, for their service to their fellow soldiers and for 
their service to our Nation.

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