[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9541]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY CELEBRATES 200 YEARS

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to recognize the 200th 
anniversary of the American Bible Society, an organization that works 
to make the Bible available to every person in a language and format 
each can understand and afford so all people may experience its life-
changing message.
  Our forefathers knew well the value of casting our burdens on God and 
prayer and that, above all, this Nation needed a moral and spiritual 
foundation in order to survive and thrive. It is why some of them were 
also the first leaders of the American Bible Society, including Elias 
Boudinot, the first president of the Continental Congress; and John 
Jay, the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
  From its beginnings distributing Bibles to members of the military to 
publishing the first Bible in braille to recently launching a library 
of digital Bible translations, the American Bible Society has changed 
lives by sharing God's word.
  Congratulations on this important milestone.

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