[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 106 (Thursday, July 26, 2001)]
[House]
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                        House of Representatives

  The House met at 10 a.m.
  The Reverend Monsignor James G. Kelly, St. Margaret's Church, 
Buffalo, New York, offered the following prayer:
  Heavenly Father, Lord of creation, all praise and thanks to You for 
the commission and gifts which You have given to us Your children to 
continue Your work in the world through the formation and fostering of 
civilization on this earth. Praise and thanks to You for this blessed 
Republic of ours and for the women and men who serve willingly and 
generously in its governance. Look with favor on the elected Members of 
this House of Representatives, bless them and guide them that they may 
not only enact laws that are just but also be the voice of those who 
have no voice, the most vulnerable and marginal of our society. Help 
these men and women to be persons who lead through the example of 
honesty, reverence for our traditions and integrity. Praise and thanks 
to You, our God, forever. Amen.

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