[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 1996]
[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.
  May Your special blessings be upon the Members of this assembly as 
they return from a week in their home districts. Give them wisdom and 
charity that they might work together for the common good.
  During this primary season, the American people are hearing about so 
many issues we face as a Nation. Our divisions come from the solutions 
proposed by various campaigns.
  Through it all, help us to maintain civility, always presuming the 
best intentions in those with whom we disagree. Thus may our system of 
democratic participation in the forming of the executive and 
legislative branches reach toward a truly representative government 
that all Americans can support.
  May all that is done this day in the people's House be for Your 
greater honor and glory.
  Amen.

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