[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 16224]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        THE IMPORTANCE OF FAITH

  (Mr. FORBES asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. FORBES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today on behalf of the Congressional 
Prayer Caucus to note the importance of faith in our Nation's history. 
In his first inaugural address in 1789, George Washington said in part:
  ``It would be peculiarly improper to omit in this first official act 
my fervent supplications to that Almighty Being who rules over the 
universe, who presides in the councils of nations, and whose 
providential aids can supply every human defect. No people can be bound 
to acknowledge and adore the Invisible Hand which conducts the affairs 
of men more than those of the United States. Every step by which they 
have advanced to the character of an independent nation seems to have 
been distinguished by some token of providential agency.''

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