Barry Black, Senate Chaplin, I looked him up.
The current Chaplain, the 62nd Chaplain of the United States Senate, Barry C. Black, is the first African-American and the first Seventh-day Adventist to serve in the position. He previously served as Chief of Chaplains of the United States Navy, holding the rank of Rear Admiral. This is from the Senate Chaplin wiki
This is from his wiki
On June 27, 2003, Black was elected the 62nd chaplain of the United States Senate. He began working in the Senate on July 7, 2003.[3]
During the 16-day United States federal government shutdown of 2013, his invocations began to garner widespread national attention. On Oct 1, the first day of the shutdown, he prayed for divine guidance to, "strengthen our weakness, replacing cynicism with faith and cowardice with courage." On Oct 3, he prayed, "Save us from the madness. We acknowledge our transgressions, our shortcomings, our smugness, our selfishness and our pride... Deliver us from the hypocrisy of attempting to sound reasonable while being unreasonable."[4]
During his prayer, on October 4, 2013, the day after officers from the U.S. Capitol Police shot and killed a woman who had used her car in an attempt to breach federal grounds, Black noted that the officers were not being paid because of the government shutdown. Like other government workers, he too is unpaid during the shutdown, stating, "I'm being remunerated from above. And that's pretty special."[5] On the fourth day of the shutdown, he also prayed, regarding the senators, "Remove from them that stubborn pride which imagines itself to be above and beyond criticism," he said. "Forgive them the blunders they have committed."[6]
On day nine, prompted by news of the delay of death benefits for military families, Black prayed, "It's time for our lawmakers to say 'Enough is enough'", and asked that God, "cover our shame with the robe of Your righteousness." On day eleven, Black prayed to, "give our lawmakers the wisdom to distinguish between truth and error... Give them a hatred of all hypocrisy, deceit and shame as they seek to replace them with gentleness, patience and truth."[7]
The U.S. House of Representatives, which has its own chaplain, also invited him to deliver an invocation in their chamber.[8].
