[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 3]
[House]
[Pages 2888-2889]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                            A HIGHER CALLING

  (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. PENCE. Mr. Speaker, it was made official last week: our alert 
status is high. For many Americans, this call for high vigilance has 
resulted in high anxieties. And in these days of war and rumors of war, 
we are even hearing the voice of our enemy echo across the airwaves of 
the world.
  But I offer, Mr. Speaker, that we need to hear a different voice 
today. It

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is the voice that comforted our founders and has comforted every 
American hero throughout our history. As the Psalmist wrote so many 
years ago, ``He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in 
the shadow of the Almighty. He will say, `He is my refuge and my 
fortress, my God in whom I trust.' He will save you from the fowler's 
snare, from the deadly pestilence; he will cover you with his feathers, 
and under his wings you will find refuge.''
  May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon our President, our troops 
in the field, and all those brave men and women who serve in every 
Federal place in this Nation this day.

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