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             H O U S E  O F  R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S


Vol. 140


WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1994

No. 40


House of Representatives

  The House met at 10 a.m.
  The Reverend Dennis L. Trout, Swamp Lutheran Church, Reinholds, PA, 
offered the following prayer:
  Almighty God, as we gather this day there are many passions and 
agendas playing in our hearts and minds. Our country and this world 
generate a myriad of concerns, opportunities, responsibilities, and 
anxieties that need to be handled now. But for this moment we hesitate 
not to expound with a laundry list of needs and wants, but to 
acknowledge Your ultimate control and simply give thanks for Your 
patience--even with our best intentions. What we seek is Your mercy 
which cuts across culture, creed, race, and gender. We have been 
afforded this one more day, may it be played out to reflect the love, 
justice, and peace You have purposed for creation from the beginning of 
time. Help us to be Your intent, amidst the tasks and issues that would 
control us. Amen.

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