Cord Byrd: “As I am talking about the Bible, I want to call attention to a good man who works in this Capitol. He is a detective.…”

“As I am talking about the Bible, I want to call attention to a good man who works in this Capitol. He is a detective. His name is John Euill. Every time this little publication comes out, he brings it to me. The title of it is, 'Our Daily Bread.' John Euill always brings that to me. Of course, we are not supposed to call attention to anyone in the galleries in the Chamber, but I am going to call attention to someone who is sitting on the Chamber bench on the Republican side right now. All of our Members have shaken his hand. He is courteous. John Euill is a wonderful man. Let me read just a few words from 'Our Daily Bread,' which he gave me today. The chapter titled, 'Building on the Bible': What can be done to improve society? An MTV political correspondent had this unexpected but praiseworthy suggestion: 'No matter how secular our culture becomes, it will remain drenched in the Bible. Since we will be haunted by the Bible even if we don't know it, doesn't it make sense to read it?' Our culture is indeed 'drenched in the Bible.' Whether or not the majority of people realize it, the principles on which the United States was founded, and the values which still permeate our national life, were based on the Holy Scriptures. If Senators don't believe that, go back and read the Mayflower Compact and many of the other great documents that form the basis of this great Nation. Yet, God's Word no longer occupies the commanding place it held in the past.”