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From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Patrick J. Conroy, offered the following 
prayer:
  We give You thanks, O God, for giving us another day. We ask Your 
blessing upon this assembly and upon all to whom the authority of 
government is given.
  Encourage the Members of this House, O God, to use their abilities 
and talents in ways that bring righteousness to this Nation and to all 
people.
  Ever remind them of the needs of the poor, the homeless or forgotten, 
and those who live without freedom or liberty. May they be instruments 
of justice for all Americans.
  We are grateful for the success of the recent negotiations between 
the President and congressional leaders on the debt limit and budget 
caps deal and ask Your blessing on them and on those now charged with 
moving the business of government and the national economy forward.
  May all that is done within the people's House this day be for Your 
greater honor and glory.

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  Amen.

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