[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 55 (Thursday, May 1, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H2097]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER

  (Mr. BARR of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BARR of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, on this National Day of Prayer, I 
think it is important for all of us and for the American people to 
realize that we do, as did our Founding Fathers, derive our powers, 
derive our sense of what is right and wrong, derive our very sense of 
the moral fiber of our country not from ourselves, not from within 
ourselves, but from the hand of God.
  I believe that as we move forward and debate the important issues, 
many of which are very contentious, of a political nature in our 
country in these days and months ahead, that even if we do disagree and 
there will be disagreements, at least we assure the American people 
very honestly that our sense of what we are doing, that the positions 
that we are reflecting, the position that we state on behalf of our 
citizens are those that are born of reflective prayer and belief, that 
these do indeed represent the will of our founder, our true founder, 
our Lord. I think it is very important to recognize that and to assure 
Americans that that is indeed the basis on which we act here in this 
House of Representatives.

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