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                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Patrick J. Conroy, offered the following 
prayer:
  Eternal God, we give You thanks for giving us another day.
  Send Your spirit of peace and calm, that all might have confidence in 
Your faithfulness to us, and that no matter what lies ahead, Your grace 
is abundantly available.
  The issues of this day call upon all Americans to be mindful of the 
institutions of our government and their respective places in the 
experiment of constitutional democracy.
  Bless the Members of this assembly that they would be mindful of the 
oath each has taken to uphold the Constitution and worthy of the call 
they have been given as Members of Congress. Their responsibilities are 
monumental; bless them with a surfeit of courage as their deliberations 
proceed.
  May all that is done this day be for Your greater honor and glory.
  Amen.

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