[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 105 (Thursday, July 30, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H6753]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  The Reverend W. Douglas Tanner, Jr., Faith & Politics Institute, 
Washington, D.C., offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray. Almighty God, we come before You this day with hearts 
still heavy from the tragic events of last Friday. Even as we begin to 
heal, we are conscious that the pain of this week has been seared into 
our souls.
  And yet, in our sorrow and vulnerability, we have deeply experienced 
our common humanity. Fierce political adversaries have reached out to 
each other. Mutual respect and genuine appreciation have been accorded 
across the lines of party, ideology and station. We have known in our 
hearts that every elected official, every police person, every staff 
member, every tourist is, first, a fellow human being. For that we are 
grateful.
  We pray that a constant awareness of each other's humanity in this 
often fractious Capitol Hill community might become the lasting legacy 
of officers J.J. Chestnut and John Gibson. Amen.

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