[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 1863]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Patrick J. Conroy, offered the following 
prayer:
  Merciful God, we give You thanks for giving us another day.
  As Members prepare to return to their home districts, endow them with 
ears to hear the voices of their constituents--those who voted for them 
and those who did not. It is the strength of our representative 
democracy that all have a voice in the governing of the Nation.
  Our Nation will soon be remembering Presidents Washington and 
Lincoln, giants of America's history. One presided over a Nation united 
in its inception behind their President, the other over a Nation 
divided soon after his election. May each of their examples be an 
inspiration to all Americans that faithfulness to the laws of our land 
and the hope of our Founders is the responsibility of us all to bring 
to our political discourse.
  Bless us this day and every day. May all that is done be for Your 
greater honor and glory.
  Amen.

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