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HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES—Wednesday, July 25, 2007 20542 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE, Vol. 153, Pt. 15 July 25, 2007 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—Wednesday, July 25, 2007 The House met at 10 a.m. that the Senate has passed without Dr. Cook is a powerful orator and was Dr. Suzan Johnson Cook, Believers’ amendment a bill of the House of the recently described in the New York Christian Fellowship Church, New following title: Times as ‘‘Billy Graham and Oprah York, New York, offered the following H.R. 2429. An act to amend title XVIII of rolled into one.’’ Her mentoring and prayer: the Social Security Act to provide an excep- leadership skills have now charged her Our God and our Creator, we come to tion to the 60-day limit on Medicare recip- to form The Woman in Ministry Inter- You this day, rejoicing in our hearts rocal billing arrangements between two phy- national Summit, which supports and sicians during the period in which one of the for life and life more abundant. We ask advocates for women church leaders. You to guide us throughout this day, physicians is ordered to active duty as a member of a reserve component of the Madam Speaker, I would like to rec- throughout all of our proceedings, that Armed Forces. ognize this magnificent minister, we may go forth with purpose, passion, The message also announced that the scholar, and dynamic leader, and urge and perseverance, representing the peo- Senate has passed a concurrent resolu- my colleagues to join me in paying ple who have both elected and put their tion of the following title in which the tribute to this outstanding member of trust in us. Please also bless our fami- concurrence of the House is requested: the clergy. lies as we are absent from them. Let no S. Con. Res. 42. Concurrent resolution rec- f hurt, harm, nor danger come their way ognizing the need to pursue research into the this day. May we now place our trust in causes, treatment, and eventual cure for idi- ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER You. opathic pulmonary fibrosis, supporting the The SPEAKER. The Chair will enter- We ask also, God, that You keep ever designation of a National Idiopathic Pul- tain up to 15 one-minute speeches on before us our mission, our missives, monary Fibrosis Awareness Week, and for each side. other purposes. and keep our minds focused, clear, and f convicted to be servants as we rep- f THE FARM BILL resent our Nation, the United States of WELCOMING DR. SUZAN JOHNSON America. COOK (Mr. BLUMENAUER asked and was Thank You for this opportunity to given permission to address the House serve. Thank You for Your grace. (Mr. TOWNS asked and was given for 1 minute.) Thank You for Your wisdom. Thank permission to address the House for 1 Mr. BLUMENAUER. Madam Speaker, You for the honor and privilege to minute.) we will face a very stark choice on the Mr. TOWNS. Madam Speaker, I rise serve. farm bill this week. The hollow claims today to honor Rev. Dr. Suzan Johnson Bless also those amongst us who are of reform are exposed by the fact that Cook. Rev. Cook is the pastor at the candidates for office. Give them it hardly saves any money at all and strength and keep them grounded in Believers’ Christian Fellowship Church, which she founded in 1996 after retains the complex system with spe- Thee. We also ask, O God, that You cial provisions to avoid what we say we bless not only us, but those around this serving as pastor of the Mariners’ Tem- ple Baptist Church in downtown Man- want to do: concentrate on our family world, especially those who live in fear, farms. poverty, and with injustice. May what hattan for 13 years. In 2002, Rev. Cook became the first woman elected presi- It preserves a system where five com- we say and do make a difference that dent of the 10,000-member Hampton, modities, rice, cotton, wheat, soy we may be a light to this world, as You Virginia, University Ministers Con- beans, and corn, will continue to claim shine through us. most of the money and dominate our This is our prayer in Your name and ference, which represents all the his- torically African American denomina- farm policy. It is perverse because it for Your sake. Amen. tions. Her list of other ‘‘firsts’’ in- continues to enrich those experts at f cludes: first woman appointed Chaplain farming the taxpayer while continuing THE JOURNAL of the New York Police Department to squeeze out the family farmers, driv- ing up land prices and giving the big The SPEAKER. The Chair has exam- and the first female baptist minister guys a competitive advantage. That is ined the Journal of the last day’s pro- from the Bronx to receive a White why the overwhelming majority of ceedings and announces to the House House fellowship. farmers favor a strict cap of $250,000 a her approval thereof. A woman of promise, passion, dili- Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- gence, and determination, Rev. Cook is year. You can ask independent experts, nal stands approved. the author of eight successful books. In not lobbyists and associate members. 1997 Rev. Cook was featured by Ebony Ask your own farmers. f Magazine as one of the Nation’s top 15 Let’s amend the committee bill, cur- PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE women in ministry. rently the least that can be done, with The SPEAKER. Will the gentleman Rev. Cook has toured nationally with a vote for a series of amendments that from New York (Mr. TOWNS) come for- Bishop T.D. Jakes and the ‘‘God’s will strengthen it and provide the sort ward and lead the House in the Pledge Leading Ladies Conference.’’ Her motto of support our farmers deserve. of Allegiance. is ‘‘If I can help somebody, then my liv- f Mr. TOWNS led the Pledge of Alle- ing is not in vain.’’ A faculty member and graduate of INVITE ILLEGALS TO NEW HAVEN, giance as follows: CONNECTICUT I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the Harvard University, she also received a United States of America, and to the Repub- doctorate of ministry degree from (Mr. POE asked and was given per- lic for which it stands, one nation under God, Union Theological Seminary, a master mission to address the House for 1 indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. of divinity degree from Union Theo- minute.) f logical Seminary, and a master of arts Mr. POE. Mr. Speaker, New Haven, degree from Columbia University. Connecticut, has become exactly that: MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE Rev. Cook is married to Ronald Cook, a new haven for illegal immigrants. A message from the Senate by Ms. and they reside in New York City with The city will be granting illegals an Curtis, one of its clerks, announced their two sons. ID card that will allow them to access b This symbol represents the time of day during the House proceedings, e.g., b 1407 is 2:07 p.m. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. VerDate Mar 15 2010 13:29 Jul 06, 2010 Jkt 059102 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR07\H25JY7.000 H25JY7 WReier-Aviles on DSKGBLS3C1PROD with BOUND RECORD.
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