[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11428]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Patrick J. Conroy, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord our God, thank You for giving us another day.
  Protect us and guide us as a free people who turn to You in faith and 
prayer and who strive to grow in virtue and integrity.
  Be with the Members of this people's House in all their undertakings 
today. May the recent celebration of the birth of this Nation 239 years 
ago renew all hearts in the same spirit that guided the signers of the 
Declaration of Independence and the Framers of the Constitution. May 
those goals and aspirations still serve to guide every informed 
decision here today and across this Nation.
  Let us, ``the people of the United States, in order to form a more 
perfect Union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide 
for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the 
blessings of liberty for ourselves and our posterity.''
  May all that is done within the people's House this day be for Your 
greater honor and glory.
  Amen.

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