[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16060]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



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           HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES--Wednesday, June 24, 2009

  The House met at 10 a.m.
  Rev. Shawn L. Kumm, Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Laramie, 
Wyoming, offered the following prayer:
  Gracious, Heavenly Father, who is ever-watchful and attentive to the 
needs of this country and who has promised to ``Satisfy us in the 
morning with Your steadfast love, that we may rejoice and be glad all 
our days,'' I implore You to provide for the people of this land honest 
and productive industry. Preserve us from famine, disasters, 
pestilence, and disease. Grant us courage and steadfastness in times of 
testing. Restrain unrest within and without our borders, and keep safe 
those who watch over and protect us at every level of life. Give us 
compassion and open hearts in times of want and need.
  And finally, for this assembly who is charged with the responsibility 
of representing the people of this Nation, bestow wisdom and courage as 
laws are crafted and enacted.
  To You, O Father, I give thanks and praise, with the Son and the Holy 
Spirit. Amen.

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