[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 173 (Friday, December 2, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H7121]
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:
  Loving God, we give You thanks for giving us another day.
  In the waning days of this 114th Congress, we ask Your blessing upon 
the Members of this people's House, and most especially upon the 
leadership. It is on their shoulders the most important negotiations of 
this Congress have been placed.
  They have been entrusted by their fellow Americans with the awesome 
privilege and responsibility of sustaining the great experiment of 
democratic self-government. Give them wisdom, grace, insight, and 
courage to forge legislation that allows us all to move forward toward 
an encouraging future.
  May all that is done this day be for Your greater honor and glory.
  Amen.

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