[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 20]
[Senate]
[Page 29334]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Gracious God, we thank You for the impact of women on American 
history. We praise You for our founding Pilgrim Foremothers and the 
role they had in establishing our Nation, for the strategic role of 
women in the battle for our independence, for the incredible courage of 
women who helped push back the frontier, for the suffragettes who 
fought for the right to vote and the place of women in our society, for 
the dynamic women who have given crucial leadership in each period of 
our history.
  Today, Gracious God, we give You thanks for the women who serve here 
in the Senate: for the outstanding women Senators, for women who serve 
as officers of the Senate, for women who serve in strategic positions 
in the ongoing work of the Senate, and for the many women throughout 
the Senate family who glorify You in their loyalty and in their 
excellence.
  Our prayer today, Gracious Lord, is that the role of women in the 
Senate would exemplify to the American people the importance of the 
leadership of women in every level of our society.
  Thank You, Gracious God. In Your holy name. Amen.

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