[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 38 (Wednesday, March 21, 2001)]
[House]
[Page H1015]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  Rabbi Hillel Cohn, Congregation Emanu El, San Bernardino, California, 
offered the following prayer:
  Thousands of years ago, in setting down the fundamental requirements 
for any community, the Torah charged:
  ``Tsedek, tsedek tirdof'':
  ``Justice, justice shall you pursue.''
  Appreciating the importance of justice, the Founders of this Nation 
envisioned an America that would guarantee ``liberty and justice for 
all.''
  O God, strengthen the resolve of those who serve here to make the 
decisions as well as the processes leading to those decisions genuinely 
just. Let America pursue justice in our enforcement of laws, in our 
forms of punishment, in our methods of choosing our leaders, in our 
allocation of precious resources, in our expectations of other nations, 
and in our daily relations with one another.
  Praised be the Eternal God, the Sovereign, who loves justice and 
expects us to pursue justice, uncompromising and true justice. Amen.

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