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9-07-2026 10:23pm

Revisiting Comments 25 Years After 9/11/01 - Part 34

The Congressional Record for 9/14/2001 details the actions of the Senate and House. As well as the prayer by the Chaplin "On this national day of prayer and remembrance"

9-14-2001  CREC-2001-09-14.pdf

HIGHLIGHTS

    The Senate and House passed S.J. Res. 23, to Authorize the use of United States Armed Forces Against Those Responsible for the Recent Attacks Launched against the United States.
    The House and Senate passed H.R. 2888, 2001 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Recovery from and Responses to Terrorist Attacks on the United States.
    The House agreed to H. Con. Res. 227, Condemning Bigotry and Violence Against Arabs, Muslims, and South Asians.
    The House agreed to H. Res. 238, Condemning Motor Fuel Price Gouging after the Terrorist Acts of September 11, 2001.
    The House agreed to H. Res. 239, Providing American Flags Flown Over the Capitol to Victims of the Terrorist Acts of September 11, 2001.

    Authorization for Use of Military Force: The House passed H.J. Res. 64, to authorize the use of United States Armed Forces against those responsible for the recent attacks launched against the United States by a yea-and-nay vote of 420 yeas to 1 nay, Roll No. 342.
    Pages H5638–83
    Pursuant to the earlier order, the House was considered to have passed S.J. Res. 23, to authorize the use of United States Armed Forces against those responsible for the recent attacks launched against the United States. H.J. Res. 64 was then laid on the table.
    Page H5683

    The House met at 9 a.m.
    The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following prayer:
    O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise. On this national day of prayer and remembrance, moved by the exhortation of President Bush and the tragic events of Tuesday,
    we gather first to pray and then be about the work of Congress.

    Ever mindful of the many victims, we pray, O Lord, in solidarity with their families, all who have come to their assistance, and with friends around the world. Circumstances such as Tuesday’s horror shake us to new awareness and the need to pray, but prayer itself originates in You, O Lord. By Your own spirit in us we are moved, act, and have our being. Weeping and groaning deep within us the spirit cries out Abba, Father. Your spirit animates us as we struggle to find words to express all the sentiments of the heart.

    As each of us searches the depths of our own being in his or her own way, we know it is You alone who can change human hearts. You alone, through dialogue with You, can give us the right words and the right thing to do, if only we would listen and enter into the silence of Your presence. You alone can reshape perspective and bring to focus determined goals based on the truth that removes illusion. You alone can move hearts to repentance for evil perpetrated on others. You alone can take stony hearts and recreate them by Your Holy Spirit into fleshy hearts, hearts which are moved beyond self to respond to the pain of brothers and sisters in the human family.

    You, Lord, can make us one, heal our wounds, forgive our sins, and bring us to a new level of peace and freedom, where all people of faith can find expression, moved by Your spirit. And
    with Your help, together, we can create a truly pluralistic world where we can live in peace and unity, promised by Your kingdom, Thy kingdom come.

    Borne out of pain, moved by compassion, strengthened by the diversity of others, we know it is You, Lord God, who brings us to pray and declare Your praise, now and forever. Amen.  CREC-2001-09-14.pdf

    Edit: added graphic

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