[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 989]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       NATIONAL PRAYER BREAKFAST

  (Mr. PALAZZO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PALAZZO. Mr. Speaker, tomorrow morning, right here in our 
Nation's Capital, your country's leaders will meet to gather in prayer. 
Yes, I said ``in prayer.'' For 60 years now, Presidents, Members of 
Congress, and other leaders have gathered every year for the National 
Prayer Breakfast.
  So today I want to take a moment to stand here and say it is time to 
acknowledge the importance of faith in God within our Nation and the 
importance of prayer in our lives. Our Founding Fathers were men of 
faith, believing that America should be a shining city on a hill for 
the world to see.
  So as we participate in this year's National Prayer Breakfast, I call 
on our leaders and all Americans to pray for our country. Pray for our 
men and women in uniform and their families as they sacrifice to help 
protect our Nation and ensure our freedoms. Pray for our President and 
our elected officials, that they may remember the people they are 
elected to serve. Pray not just tomorrow, but every day.
  As we gather tomorrow morning for the prayer breakfast, let us pour 
out our hearts to God, lift one another up, and commit to working 
toward a better America.
  My prayer will be simple. I pray that God will continue to bless the 
United States of America.

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