Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution (H. Res. 1216) congratulating Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin on his 10th year of service as Chaplain of the House of Representatives. The Clerk read the title of the resolution. The text of the resolution is as follows: H. Res. 1216 Whereas Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin has served honorably and faithfully as Chaplain of the House of Representatives since being sworn in as the 59th Chaplain on March 23, 2000; Whereas Reverend Coughlin was born on November 8, 1934, in Chicago, Illinois; Whereas Reverend Coughlin graduated from St. Mary of the Lake University in Mundelein, Illinois, becoming a Licentiate of Sacred Theology in 1960, and from Loyola University in Chicago, Illinois, with a degree in Pastoral Studies in 1968; Whereas Reverend Coughlin was ordained for the Archdiocese of Chicago on May 3, 1960; Whereas Reverend Coughlin was appointed the first Director of the Office for Divine Worship for the Archdiocese of Chicago; Whereas Reverend Coughlin spent a year-long sabbatical in residence with the Trappist monks of the Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky, and served the poor through the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India, in 1984; Whereas Reverend Coughlin served as scholar-in-residence at North American College in Vatican City; Whereas Reverend Coughlin was pastor at St.…”