[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 13 (Wednesday, January 31, 2001)]
[House]
[Page H113]
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                        House of Representatives

  The House met at 10 a.m.
  Chaplain Steven Colwell, Army Reserve Readiness Training Center, Fort 
McCoy, Wisconsin, offered the following prayer:
  Our most gracious Heavenly Father, we thank You for giving us this 
day, another day of life for us to cherish Your goodness and Your 
majesty. May we use this day seeking Truth and in so doing return it as 
our gift to You.
  O Lord, bless these gathered here with Your wisdom. Guard them and 
guide them, O Father, and fill them with Your Presence. Bless their 
families and the staffs that labor by their side in government. May the 
laws enacted here conform to the Great Law that emanates from Your 
righteousness. I beseech You, Lord, to hear this prayer, prayed by a 
simple soldier, offered to You in the Name of the Prince of Peace. 
Amen.

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