[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12238]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord our God, protect us and guide us as a free people who turn to 
You in faith and prayer and who strive to grow in virtue and integrity. 
At this time of cultural, economic and social change, be with the 
Members of the House of Representatives in all their undertakings 
today. May the recent celebration of the birth of this Nation 226 years 
ago renew all hearts in the same spirit that guided the signers of the 
Declaration of Independence and the Framers of this country's 
Constitution. May their goals and purposes still serve and guide every 
informed decision here today and across this Nation.
  ``Let us, the people of the United States, in order to form a more 
perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide 
for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the 
blessings of liberty for ourselves and our posterity.'' Amen.

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