[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 30 (Thursday, March 16, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H1079]
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Senate

The Senate was not in session today. Its next meeting will be held on 
Monday, March 20, 2000, at 12 noon.





House of Representatives

Thursday, March 16, 2000
  The House met at 10 a.m.
  The Right Reverend M. Thomas Shaw, III, Bishop of the Diocese of 
Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts, offered the following prayer:
  Gracious God, You have given us another new day. Again, today You 
give us the opportunity to experience Your rich and dynamic creativity. 
Again, today You invite us into your compassion, Your justice, Your 
hope, and, most of all, Your deep and abiding peace.
  You tell us, God, that we are co-creators with You. Replenish us with 
Your life-giving spirit this morning. Open us to Your renewing power 
that we might be makers of peace and hope and justice and compassion 
with You. Draw us into the deep places of Your heart where we find the 
wisdom and grace to share in Your creativity. Help us to be gracious 
and open to one another because we know that each of us brings a share 
of Your creative vision.
  We ask this all in Your name. Amen.

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