[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 400]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



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           HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES--Tuesday, January 31, 2006

  The House met at noon.
  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord God, ever present, source of all wisdom and self-giving love, 
the sacred scriptures reveal Your continued guidance in human affairs. 
We thank You for the many blessings granted this Nation throughout its 
history.
  Today, as a new page is turned, fill the hearts of Your people with 
even greater confidence and renewed faith in Your promises to be near 
us and attentive to our needs.
  As work begins on this Second Session of the 109th Congress, we seek 
Your mercy and rely on Your revelation to guide and protect this 
legislative body. As this House of Representatives and the United 
States Senate anticipate a joint session and await the State of the 
Union message of President George W. Bush, we pray to You for his 
health, enlightenment, and well-being. Together with the Supreme Court, 
may all three branches of this government be drawn into Your Spirit of 
wisdom and good judgment. With renewed standards of ethics and a deeper 
commitment of accountability, may all who serve in public office be 
Your steady instrument in unifying, protecting, and guiding the 
American people of this democracy to increasing virtue, greater 
prosperity, and a witness to goodness for the world.
  Lord, bless America and its people who place their trust in You, now 
and forever.
  Amen.

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