[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 1]
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             CONGRESSIONAL RECORD 

                United States
                 of America


January 27, 2000


          HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES--Thursday, January 27, 2000

  The House met at noon.
  The Chaplain, the Reverend James David Ford, D.D., offered the 
following prayer:
  May Your outstretched hand, O God, that lifts nations and peoples 
from the ordinary meanderings of the human spirit, touch our lives in 
such a way that we do extraordinary deeds to promote peace and good 
will, that we strive to champion justice and freedom and that we ever 
look to the needs of the homeless and those who are forgotten in our 
land. Make us instruments of healing when we are apart, make us agents 
of kindness where there is anger and make us good stewards of the 
blessings that have been the heritage of our land.
  The Lord bless us and keep us,
  The Lord make his face shine upon us, and be gracious unto us,
  The Lord lift up his countenance upon us, and give us peace. Amen.

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