[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11378]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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            HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES--Thursday, June 21, 2001

  The House met at 10 a.m.
  The Reverend Paul A. Stoot, Sr., Pastor, Greater Trinity Missionary 
Baptist Church, Everett, Washington, offered the following prayer:
  O Lord our God, if ever we needed Thy wisdom and Thy guidance, it is 
now as this honorable body of great men and women begin a new day, a 
day that will hold many opportunities and many possibilities.
  We pray that You will bless these men and these women who have been 
chosen by the great people of this great Nation, for You know them and 
You know their needs, You know their motives and their hopes and their 
fears. Lord Jesus, put Your arms around them and give them strength and 
speak to them to give them wisdom greater than their own. May they hear 
Your voice as You speak to them and as they seek to hear from You and 
Your guidance.
  May they remember that You are concerned about what is said and what 
is done here and may they ever have a clear conscience before Thee, 
that they need fear no man. Bless us each according to our deepest 
needs as we are here today to use us to Your honor and to Your glory, 
we humbly ask. Amen.

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