[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 21995]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord God, You always guide and protect us. Each day gives us new 
opportunities to move and act by Your holy inspiration. We seek Your 
wisdom on the decisions which need to be made this day on behalf of the 
Nation.
  Let the work of Congress today spring forth from our responsibilities 
to the Constitution of the United States of America and through Your 
divine providence prove successful and reach fulfillment. This we pray, 
calling upon Your holy name with all humility and truth. Amen.

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