[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 1711]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



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           HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES--Tuesday, February 8, 2005

  The House met at 2 p.m.
  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord God, strong to save, on Super Bowl Sunday as Americans settled 
in to watch the annual spectacle of a football game, the face of the 
Nation was mirrored on our television screens and projected across the 
world just as it began.
  Was America the Beautiful ever rendered more beautiful than when a 
host of blind students was witnessed singing and signing for a deaf 
world?
  Our national anthem followed, sung by a combined choir formed of the 
various branches of America's military forces held in high-range 
restraint. Here, Lord, was vulnerability and strength. Here honesty, 
bravery, and grace were brought together in harmony. Justice and mercy 
embraced before the silent millions and You, our God, were glorified in 
our humanity.
  May the strains of America's moving song penetrate this Chamber, 
guide this session of Congress, and bring into focus the voice of the 
future and invite the participation of all in the work of democracy. 
For You are our hope and salvation, now and forever.
  Amen.

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