Political Quotes

“I thank the words of the chaplain who says may we indeed know the Lord. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Chaplain Karen Hallett on her selection as the 2012 Reserve Officers Association Chaplain of the Year. She is a resident of Vernon, New Jersey, which is a part of the Fifth Congressional District. The chaplain enlisted in the Army in 1983 and completed basic combat training at Fort Dix, New Jersey. She went on from there to graduate from West Point and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the United States Army Ordnance Corps in 1988. After that and after fulfilling her enlistment obligations, she spent 18 years in the civilian sector, successfully managing businesses while remaining engaged in full-time ministry. In 2009, after completing her master's of divinity degree at Bethel Seminary, she returned to military service as a captain in the United States Army Reserves. She currently serves as a brigade chaplain for the 411th Engineer Brigade. Throughout her more than 20 years of ministerial service and missionary work, and now through her military service to our country, she has dedicated herself to ministering to the spiritual needs of others. It is her selflessness and her service that exemplify the mandate to esteem others better than ourselves. I thank her for her service. I congratulate her on receiving this recognition as Chaplain of the Year. ____________________”