[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 84 (Thursday, May 18, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H2431]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  Pastor Craig Pridgen, True Bethel Baptist Church, Niagara Falls, New 
York, offered the following prayer:
  How can I say thanks for the things that You have done? The voices of 
1 million angels could not express our gratitude. All that we are and 
ever would hope to be, we owe it all to Thee. To God be the glory for 
the things You have done.
  It is in the stillness of a room steeped in tradition that we pause 
to invite Your presence. I pray Your continued guidance for those whom 
You have perfectly placed in these hallowed seats. As the psalmist 
declared, how wonderful and pleasant it is when brethren dwell together 
in unity. Despite the differences of political affiliation, 
demographic, gender, or ethnicity, we stand together in this House of 
the people in unity. One Nation under God.
  In the name of the one who is able to do exceeding, abundantly, above 
all we can ask or think.
  Amen.

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