[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 142 (Tuesday, October 21, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S10867]
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                                 Senate

  The Senate met at 12 noon, and was called to order by the Honorable 
Jeff Sessions, a Senator from the State of Alabama.
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                                 PRAYER

  The Honorable Jeff Sessions offered the following prayer:
  Almighty God, we praise You for the constancy and consistency of Your 
faithfulness in blessing and guiding the Senate of the United States 
through the years of our Nation's history. We turn to You today again 
to know that You will be faithful, to give the women and men of this 
Senate exactly what is needed in each hour, each challenge, each 
decision. Give us light when our vision is dim, courage when we need to 
be bold, decisiveness when it would be easy to equivocate, and hope 
when others are tempted to be discouraged.
  So we commit ourselves to be Your faithful servants, examples of 
patriotism to our people and crusaders of the best for our Nation. In 
Your holy name. Amen.

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