[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 133 (Friday, August 23, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H5003]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  Rabbi Arnold E. Resnicoff, Chaplain, U.S. Navy, Retired, Washington, 
D.C., offered the following prayer:
  Almighty God, August recalls war: guns of August, World War I; atomic 
bombs of August, World War II; and on this day, 1996, Bin Laden 
declares war.
  Terror, war, still rage. We pray for casualties to cease, hostages 
set free in a world itself held hostage to hatred, fear, and grief.
  But August recalls progress, too. Two anniversaries next week: 19th 
Amendment, women's right to vote; human rights becoming legal rights, 
enshrining liberty in law. And stirring words of Dr. King touched our 
Nation's soul: ``I have a dream''--that we will be free at last.
  75 days until our Nation votes, embracing sometimes hard-won rights, 
keeping faith with prayers and dreams of better times: That justice 
rolls like mighty waters, righteousness, a never-ending stream; when 
freedom rings from every mountainside, and war will be no more.
  Then, with new meaning, spirit, united we will proclaim: ``My country 
`tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing.''
  And may we say, amen.

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