[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 8 (Friday, January 22, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Page S135]
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[[Page S135]]

Senate

  The Senate met at 9:30 a.m. and was called to order by the Honorable 
Jeff Merkley, a Senator from the State of Oregon.
  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Eternal Lord God, who is the light of all we see, make this day 
luminous with Your presence. Strengthen the Members of this body to do 
their best, living lives worthy of their high calling. Lord, infuse 
them with the spirit of kindness, of thoughtfulness, and of fairness. 
May the tyranny of partisanship and expediency never prompt them to 
betray high principles. Make them poor in misfortune and rich in 
blessings. Give them enough challenges to keep them humble, enough 
failure to keep them dependent on You, and enough success to enable 
them to fulfill Your purposes for our Nation and world.
  We pray in Your sovereign Name. Amen.

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