[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 42 (Thursday, April 10, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H1393]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, Rev. James David Ford, D.D., offered the following 
prayer:
  Let us pray. Strengthen our hearts and minds and spirits, O God, so 
that we will be good custodians of the responsibilities that have been 
given to us. As we seek to do our duties with fairness and regard for 
each other, remind us again of the gift of listening and understanding. 
May we expound our positions and solutions when we have listened and 
learned, when we have grasped and understood what is said to us. Let us 
comprehend the truth that is available to us so we speak and act and 
think in ways that honor Your creation and are of service to all 
people. This is our earnest prayer. Amen.

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