[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12640]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



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            HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES--Wednesday, May 16, 2007



  The House met at 10 a.m.
  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord God, Who brings us to the re-creation of a new day, by Your 
spirit, You breathe hope into the hearts of Your people.
  Hope, Lord, is born out of promise. It brings a freshness to every 
work and every new day because each is a step to the unfolding of what 
was once only a promise into the reality of fulfillment. As long as 
people have hope, they are fixed on the brightness of another tomorrow.
  Building on the past, people of hope seize the present moment, make 
the most of a variety of possibilities, and set in motion deliberate 
actions that will shape the future.
  Today, Lord, give to the Members of Congress a consolidated vision. 
Marshal within them a discipline that will make them a force of trusted 
promise which will instill in people across this Nation, true and 
lasting hope, now and forever. Amen.

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