[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 729]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  Reverend Dr. Kurt Gerhard, St. Patrick's Episcopal Church, 
Washington, D.C., offered the following prayer:
  O merciful God, be with these United States and especially with the 
elected Representatives of this 114th Congress. As they debate and vote 
on legislation that will determine the future path of this country, 
open their hearts and minds to the needs of all people, but make them 
especially aware of those who are ignored or forgotten, the downtrodden 
and marginalized, those among our citizenry whose voices and needs are 
overwhelmed by the noisy clamor of the world because it is these people 
who most need the representation and leadership of this House.
  We ask this all in the name of the one God: the Creator, redeemer, 
and sustainer of every nation.
  Amen.

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