[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 9 (Thursday, February 7, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H204]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       NATIONAL PRAYER BREAKFAST

  (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PENCE. Mr. Speaker, my wife, Karen, and I just returned from 
celebrating, along with 3,800 other citizens of both political parties, 
the 50th National Prayer Breakfast here in Washington, D.C. It was 
truly an inspiring morning. I offer congratulations to the organizers, 
in both political parties, with the National Prayer Breakfast for this 
inspiring event.
  We gathered, Mr. Speaker, because it is a chance to honor heroes, 
like Lisa Beamer and the New York firefighters whom we heard from 
today. We gather because it is obviously a tradition begun with 
President Dwight David Eisenhower. But as we were reminded so 
poignantly today by leaders of both parties and eloquently by our 
President and the Chief of Naval Operations, we gather as Americans 
because we believe that if His people who are called by His name will 
humble themselves and pray and seek His face, He will today, as He 
always has, hear from heaven, forgive our sins and heal our land.

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