[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 31 (Thursday, March 11, 2004)]
[House]
[Page H1013]
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House of Representatives

  The House met at 10 a.m.
  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord, throughout the sacred history of the Bible, You have called 
people. Sometimes they are asked to leave the familiar and set out into 
an unknown future. In all cases, they are given a specific purpose or 
mission. Usually those You call are asked to serve others.
  What a blessing it is to serve at Your call and to act in Your name.
  Bless the Members of the House of Representatives. You have brought 
them here to be attentive to the needs of their constituents and at the 
same time serve the Nation and national interests.
  Bless them for Your service. They come to do Your will. To pour out 
themselves in the service of others is to reveal Your Spirit at work in 
them.
  Amen.

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