Pete Domenici: “I wish to comment a moment on our Chaplain who is leaving us. I vividly recall when our previous Chaplain indicated he…”

“I wish to comment a moment on our Chaplain who is leaving us. I vividly recall when our previous Chaplain indicated he was not going to serve us any longer. Many of us thought it would be impossible to replace him. I was in a small group--I don't remember if it was three or five Senators--who were given the job of going out and looking in America for another Chaplain. Senator Stevens was a member, I recall. So was Senator Mark Hatfield. I don't recall the others. There were a lot of people. I was not so sure that Lloyd Ogilvie, based on the things he had done in his life--he was a great preacher; he had large assemblies of Christians he spoke to in the California area. I did not believe, as one, that he would necessarily fit in, but I said: Let's try him. He preaches with a beautiful voice; he sounds almost like you would expect God to sound. He came, and he has been absolutely marvelous. Everybody here has learned to grow in faith and confidence having him around. It is too bad he has to leave, but he is a very loyal man in terms of his marriage and his wife. I think her illness takes him to join her. I hope she gets well, although she has been very critical and he sees fit to be present there with her. So we all say good-bye and good luck. Whomever he serves and whomever he shares his views with as to where we came from, where we are going to go when we finish here on Earth, and our value system, I am sure they will all benefit, just as we have.”