[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 13076]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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             CONGRESSIONAL RECORD 

                United States
                 of America


June 16, 1999


           HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES--Wednesday, June 16, 1999

  The House met at 10 a.m.
  Father Steve Planning, Order of the Society of Jesus, Alexandria, 
Virginia, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Almighty and Eternal God, we give You thanks and praise today for the 
many blessings which You have bestowed upon our country. You have given 
us the gifts of freedom and democracy so that we might build a Nation 
based on the highest human principles. We humbly ask Your blessing upon 
us as we do the work for which we were elected. Help us to create a 
Nation in which justice, prosperity and peace form a part of every 
citizen's life. Give us the gift of wisdom so that we might make 
decisions which benefit all people, especially those most in need.
  We ask this in Your name who lives and reigns forever and ever. Amen.

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