[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12560]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord, today we ask Your blessing on the work of so many here on 
Capitol Hill. Besides the work of government, familiar to all, 
accomplished by elected Representatives and many staff, there are 
hundreds of personnel whose work is hidden.
  Lord, here are people in a labor force of manual laborers, 
carpenters, cooks, kitchen help, gardeners and maintenance workers. 
Their work is often unnoticed, yet always appreciated. During daylight 
and night hours, this Capitol is kept clean, in good order and prepared 
for those who serve here in government.
  You, Lord, reward everyone with all our differences for his or her 
own competency, expertise and daily labor. May the families of the 
workers and all hardworking Americans be proud of the many laborers who 
raise a high standard for all citizens by their work on Capitol Hill. 
Bless them and their work, now and forever. Amen.

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