[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 12999]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



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             HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES--Friday, June 18, 2004

  The House met at 9 a.m.
  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord God, Father of us all, You feed Your people from the fruit of 
this land. You protect Your children from war and from disaster both by 
government and by military. You are ever faithful and always ready to 
forgive.
  Bless all fathers of this assembly and across this Nation. May they 
prove their strength in their gentleness and understanding of their 
children. May they teach by example and be God-fearing men who are 
strong in virtue, and faithful in marriage and in prayer.
  Reward them for the sacrifice of their labor and the time offered to 
the enjoyment of their families.
  May they, their children and their children's children come to know 
Your everlasting love for them both now and for all eternity. Amen.

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