[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 10 (Thursday, January 16, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H1217]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Patrick J. Conroy, offered the following 
prayer:
  Dear God, we give You thanks for giving us another day.
  We ask Your special blessing upon the Members of this people's House. 
They have faced difficult decisions in difficult times, but have 
labored hard to forge a significant compromise. As has been the 
testimony of history, difficult losses have been felt while 
possibilities for a more positive future have been created.
  Bless our Nation, O God, that this legislation, as difficult as it 
has been to work out, will prove to be beneficial for us, and that our 
fellow citizens might know that all of us are responsible for creating 
a stronger community as a Nation.
  Bless all who have labored so hard in these past days and weeks and 
be with them and with us all this day and every day to come.
  May all that is done be for Your greater honor and glory.
  Amen.

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