[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12312]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John Ogilvie, offered the following prayer:
  Thank you, Lord, for the resources You have given to us. You ask us 
to be good stewards--to invest resources wisely. And we want to do so. 
But this is hard when others deceive us. We have learned recently how 
professionals in a few companies took unfair advantage of investors. 
They lost track of their accountability to truth and their commitment 
to integrity. As a result, investors lost billions of dollars, tens of 
thousands of workers lost their jobs, and untold numbers of people lost 
confidence in the financial markets. Please comfort and help those who 
were harmed. Bless the many men and women who operate their companies 
honestly. Help strengthen the integrity of America's financial system 
so that people can be better stewards of our resources. And give the 
Senators wisdom to know how to legislate to preserve an effective 
financial accounting system for the businesses of America. In Your Holy 
Name. Amen.

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