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“it is a wonderful privilege for me to introduce to our colleagues Rev. Frank Wade, who most recently is the rector at St. Alban's Church. I want to say upfront that this great pastor married me and my wife Jeanne some 2 years ago. It was a real experience. It was so magnificent in that we counseled with him--even though both of us are well into adulthood--and received his guidance for some weeks prior to that beautiful ceremony, which was held in the Washington Cathedral. That is a site--St. Alban's and the Washington Cathedral--where I have spent so much of my life. Preceding Dr. Wade was my uncle, Charles Tinsley Warner, rector of St. Alban's Church for almost 40 years, from the late 1920s and 1930s all through World War II. Our colleagues might recall that one of our dearest Members of the Senate, the former Senator from Missouri, Mr. Danforth, was an ordained Episcopal minister and he also preached occasionally at St. Alban's Church. Dr. Wade went to the Citadel, and from there he went to the Virginia Episcopal Seminary, where my uncle also graduated. For 17 years, he tended to the ministry of those in the great State of West Virginia. What a privilege for Dr. Wade and me this morning to have a few moments with our highly esteemed colleague, the senior Senator from West Virginia, Mr. Byrd. I thank my colleagues and I thank Senator Lautenberg and Mr. Maxwell of his staff, who worked to make this memorable occasion for so many possible today.…”