[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 719]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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           HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES--Tuesday, January 25, 2005


  The House met at 2 p.m.
  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  As we begin this regular session of the 109th Congress, the words of 
Deuteronomy demand our attention and spring into action the solemn oath 
sworn by Members of this Chamber to uphold the Constitution and serve 
God's people.
  ``Today you are making an agreement with the Lord: He is to be your 
God and you are to walk in His ways and observe His statutes, 
commandments and decrees, and to hearken to His voice.
  ``And today the Lord is making this agreement with you. You are to be 
a people especially His own, as He promised you; and provided you keep 
all His commandments, He will then raise you high in praise and renown 
and glory above all other nations He had made, and you will be a people 
sacred to the Lord your God.''
  Let the people say: Amen. Amen.

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