[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 71 (Tuesday, June 4, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S4931]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Gracious God, today we celebrate the Senate's passage of the 19th 
amendment in 1919 giving women the right to vote. We thank You for the 
impact of women on American history. We praise You for our founding 
Pilgrim Foremothers and for the role they had in establishing our 
Nation, for the strategic impact of women in the battle for 
independence, for the incredible courage of women who helped push back 
the frontier, for the suffragettes who fought for the right to vote, 
and for the role of women in our society, for the dynamic women who 
have given crucial leadership in each period of our history.
  Today, Gracious God, we give You thanks for the women who serve in 
our Senate: for the outstanding women Senators, for the women who serve 
as officers of the Senate, for women who serve in strategic positions 
in the ongoing work of the Senate, and for the many women throughout 
the Senate family who glorify You in their loyalty and their 
excellence.
  Our prayer today, gracious Lord, is that the presence of women in the 
Senate exemplify to the American people the importance of the 
leadership of women in every level of our society.
  And, Gracious God, as we acknowledge the presence of the Navajo 
talkers, who assured victory in World War II, we thank You for their 
heroism and their gallantry.
  In Your Holy Name. Amen.

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