[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 44 (Thursday, March 29, 2001)]
[House]
[Page H1297]
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                        House of Representatives

  The House met at 10 a.m.
  The Reverend Willie T. Lockett, St. Martha Missionary Baptist Church, 
Oak Hill, Florida, offered the following prayer:
  Eternal all wise God, Thou who art from everlasting until 
everlasting. It is again that we come into Thy presence. We come with 
grateful hearts and we come thanking You first for the privilege of 
coming to You and You hearing our prayer. We thank You for this day. We 
thank You for this session and for this place in our Nation's capital 
where we are assembled.
  We thank You for these legislators and pray that You will touch their 
hearts and minds so that they will be mindful of the needs of our 
Nation; and that, while You control their thoughts, You will give them 
the courage that they might play the game of life with boldness, 
fairness, and integrity.
  Help them to stand firmly on their belief if it is within Thy sight 
and in Thy will. Help them to keep this Nation one that others will 
continue to look to for guidance and direction. Help them to propose 
the kind of legislation that will increase the quality of education for 
our children. Help them to pass the laws that will set a new standard 
in housing, employment, and health care.
  Then, God, teach us to love one another as You have commanded us to 
do.
  This we ask in Your name. Amen.

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