HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES—Wednesday, November 15, 2006
22020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE, Vol. 152, Pt. 17 November 15, 2006 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—Wednesday, November 15, 2006 The House met at 10 a.m. with insurgent and terrorist enemies. WHY THANKSGIVING DAY? Chaplain Scott Crosley, 101st Air- They worked to train Iraqi army and (Mr. POE asked and was given per- borne Division, Fort Campbell, Ken- police units, and they continued the mission to address the House for 1 tucky, offered the following prayer: work of building Iraqi civil society to minute.) Dear Lord, today we pray for produc- offer a better future to the next gen- Mr. POE. Mr. Speaker, in 1621, the tivity, for purpose and for passion. We eration of Iraqis. Pilgrims held a 3-day festival giving ask, Lord, for Your encouragement for Chaplain Crosley came to the Army thanks to the Lord for a bountiful har- those who need it, for Your direction late in life, moving his family from his vest. They celebrated with the Indians, for those who need it, and for Your dis- native California and heeding a call to who had also suffered through a pre- cernment for those who need it. tend to the spiritual and emotional viously hard winter. This feast would Your word promises that ‘‘he who needs of soldiers at war. become the birth of our national holi- stands firm to the end will be saved.’’ In this time of deployment, his ef- day of Thanksgiving. Today, I pray for the leaders in this forts helped soldiers deal with the President Franklin Delano Roosevelt room, that You, Lord, would help them stress of combat, separation from their made the fourth Thursday of November to stand firm in You.
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