[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 1260]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        THE CORPUS CHRISTI CROSS

  (Mr. FARENTHOLD asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FARENTHOLD. Mr. Speaker, last weekend I attended the 
groundbreaking of the tallest cross in the Western Hemisphere and the 
second tallest cross in the world that is going to be built in Corpus 
Christi, Texas, my hometown, by the Abundant Life Fellowship under the 
leadership of Pastor Rick Milby.
  Wrought of five-eighths inch cold-rolled steel, the Corpus Christi 
cross will be visible for miles along Interstate 37 and to flights 
coming into and departing from the Corpus Christi International 
Airport. Standing at 210 feet tall, and possibly taller, depending on 
fund-raising success, the Corpus Christi cross will be the largest 
cross on this side of the Atlantic Ocean.
  Corpus Christi is the perfect setting for the tallest cross in the 
Western Hemisphere because Corpus Christi, translated from Latin, means 
``the body of Christ.'' The cross, a symbol of hope, will be located 
directly across Interstate 37 from the Coastal Bend State Veterans 
Cemetery. What better location is there for a reminder that Christ died 
for our sins than next to the resting place of those who fought for our 
freedom.
  Good work, Pastor Milby, Abundant Life Fellowship, and everybody else 
in Corpus Christi supporting this project. God bless you all.

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