[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 100 (Thursday, July 27, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H7131]
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House of Representatives

  The House met at 10 a.m.
  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord God, we ask You to shepherd our comings and our goings. We hope 
You guard us and guide us always.
  As the Representatives of the people of this great Nation, we have 
come to do Your will. We have been attentive to the needs of our times. 
We have listened to our constituents and to each other in the search of 
common purpose.
  We are grateful to our colleagues, our personal staffs and the staff 
of this House for all their work and their dedication to government. We 
pray that You bless each of them for their efforts and reward them for 
their goodness by answering their prayers.
  We pray for our families and the people of the districts we 
represent. Grant them peace, prosperity and renewed faith. May You who 
have begun this good work in us bring it to fulfillment, now and 
forever. Amen.

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