[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2497]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend James David Ford, D.D., offered the 
following prayer:
  We are privileged and thankful, O God, that we can begin a new day 
with these words of prayer. With gratefulness for the wonder and beauty 
and glory of Your creation; with appreciation for friends who care for 
us and support us in our every need; with enthusiasm for the honor of 
being called to serve the people of our Nation; with joy for the 
opportunities to live and breathe the meaning of faith and hope and 
love, we offer these words of thanksgiving and praise. Amen.

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