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Congressional Record PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 109th CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION

House of Representatives


October 6, 2005
 
Ross Welcomes Hometown Pastor in Delivering Opening Prayer on U.S. House of Representatives Floor
 
Mr. Speaker, it is with great pride that I welcome my hometown Pastor from First United Methodist Church in Prescott, Arkansas to the United States House of Representatives, Reverend David Kassos, and his wife, Donna.

Each and every week I travel to our nation’s capitol to represent the people of Arkansas’s Fourth Congressional District and this great country.  Each and every weekend I travel home to Prescott, a small town of 3,600 people, and worship with my family at the Methodist Church I have called home for much of my life.  

It is this church, where my father grew up and where my children are being raised, that keeps me grounded and instills in me the small town values I was raised on and still believe in.  It is the lessons that I have learned from this church that help guide me in the decisions I make in the United States Congress.  My faith is profoundly important to me, and Reverend Kassos is not only my spiritual advisor, he is my friend and he is my fishing buddy.  It is a tremendous honor to have him serve as our chaplain today in the United States House of Representatives.


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