[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 7034]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER

  (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PENCE. Mr. Speaker, today on Capitol Hill and in churches large 
and small across America, our Nation, many of our citizens, are huddled 
in the National Day of Prayer remembrances.
  The Bible tells us that the effective and fervent prayer of a 
righteous man availeth much. And what is true of a man is true of a 
nation. And I am confident that the prayers offered today all across 
this land on behalf of the men and women, Democrats and Republicans, 
liberals and conservatives in this institution, and who serve in this 
great city and this great Nation are reaching the Throne of Grace.
  The first time I saw President Bush after 9/11, I told him I was 
praying for him, by name, just about every day on my knees. He looked 
at me and he said, ``Mike, keep it up. It matters.''
  And so I say humbly to all of those millions of Americans who are 
remembering the likes of us on this day, keep it up. It matters. And 
thank you on this National Day of Prayer.

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