[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10877]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  Rabbi Joshua Davidson, Temple Beth El of Northern Westchester, 
Chappaqua, New York, offered the following prayer:
  O God, source of the spirit of living things, You created humanity 
with all its diversity in Your image and placed us upon this Earth to 
tend it, guiding us along whichever spiritual path we call our own 
toward goodness and peace.
  In this great Hall where dreams come true, we ask Your blessing upon 
these men and women, these representatives of the people. They have 
devoted their lives to our welfare. Strengthen them with Your courage. 
Inspire them as they answer Isaiah's call to feed the hungry and clothe 
the naked, to lift up those in this land and in all lands who cannot 
stand on their own.
  In this Chamber of debate, may every debate be for the sake of 
justice, and may justice always be tempered with compassion. May this 
House be home to the hopes and aspirations of every American, and may 
America shine as an example to all the world.
  Amen.

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