[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 3 (Wednesday, January 4, 2023)]
[House]
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                                 Senate

The Senate was not in session today. Its next meeting will be held on 
Friday, January 6, 2023, at 1:05 p.m.




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                        House of Representatives

Wednesday, January 4, 2023
  The House met at 8 p.m. and was called to order by the Clerk.
  The Chaplain, the Reverend Margaret Grun Kibben, offered the 
following prayer:
  Build this House, O Lord, lest all who labor therein do so in vain. 
Watch over our gathering this evening, lest we stay awake without 
purpose. Provide wisdom, discernment, and forbearance, lest we eat the 
food of our anxious toil and exhaust ourselves for nothing.
  For You have called us together from the far-reaching corners of this 
great Nation to uphold a vision founded on our belief in the 
fundamental rights endowed by You, O God, our creator. And You have 
appointed each person here to represent this country's rich diversity 
of thought and experience, race and creed, that collectively, we would 
serve as a city on a hill, a light to the world, revealing the strength 
and nobility to be found in our Union.
  Remind us that we fulfill this divine mission only when we 
acknowledge that we are meant to function as one body. Nothing You 
ordain can be accomplished without the trust in and respect for each 
other. You have graced each of us differently, with passion and 
compassion, insight and oversight, voice and vote, that we would use 
these gifts to build up the larger body which is these United States.
  Deliver us from intransigence and impudence, free us from fear and 
control, that in our deliberations this night, the light that shines 
from the dome above us would clearly reflect the commitment we each 
make to freedom, justice, and peace in our world.
  In the name of our guardian, guide, and stay, we offer our prayer.
  Amen.


                              The Journal

  The CLERK. The Chair has examined the Journal of the last day's 
proceedings and announces to the House her approval thereof.


                          Pledge of Allegiance

  The CLERK. Representatives-elect are invited to join in the Pledge of 
Allegiance.
  The CLERK led the Pledge of Allegiance as follows:

       I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of 
     America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation 
     under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

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