Rear Adm. Barry Black:dr. barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. almighty god, most holy, in whom we live and dwell and have our being, we praise you and lift our hearts in gratitude.

Speech By: Rear Adm. Barry Black

Rear Adm. Barry Black:hear our intercession for the members of this body. lead our lawmakers, as you led your people once by a pillar of cloud through the day and a pillar of fire by night. give our senators more love, and

Rear Adm. Barry Black:more self-deny ial. make them kindly in thought, gentle in words, and generous in deeds. teach them that it is better to give than to receive, better to forget themselves than to put themselves forward,

Rear Adm. Barry Black:better to serve than to be served. give them the ability to discern the difference between the true and the false, as they test the issues through debates and hold fast to that which is good. keep

Rear Adm. Barry Black:them close to you and open to each other, as they serve you and country today. and unto you, the god of love, be all the glory and praise both now and for evermore. amen. the presiding officer: please

Harry Reid:join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible,

Speech By: Harry Reid