present with them. guide our legislators with your wisdom and truth. as they seek to meet the requirements of the united states constitution. lord inspire them to seize this opportunity, to demonstrate to the nation, and world how the democratic process can be done properly and in an orderly manner. help them to remember, that history is a faithful stenographer. and so are you. we pray in your sovereign name, amen. the fact that we even have a senate chaplain and the house chaplain, it s kind of a weird thing. it s a contradiction in the country in which separation of church and state is a constitutional hallmark, even james madison came to believe it wasn t entirely kosher. but it chaplain open every day of congressional business starting with the continental congress in 70 74 and the tradition has continued the way this contradictions been resolved over the years, is whatever his or her specific the domination personally, and they have all been christian, the chaplain pra
proceed diligently and expeditiously and as quickly as reasonably practicable. but i have proved to be very bad at predicting these things, as you will all realise. but there it is, we have to do a thorough job. in the end, doing a thoroughjob and hopefully getting it right is more important than a few months here or there. so, thank you very much for listening to those opening remarks, and i now invite mr bradshaw to be sworn and mr blake to ask him questions. sworn and mr blake to ask him questions- sworn and mr blake to ask him questions. sworn and mr blake to ask him cuestions. ., , ., , ., ., questions. can you repeat after me? i swear by almighty questions. can you repeat after me? i swear by almighty guard. - questions. can you repeat after me? i swear by almighty guard. .. i - questions. can you repeat after me? i swear by almighty guard. i swear| i swear by almighty guard. i swear by almighty i swear by almighty guard. i swear by almighty god i swear by almighty guard.
n eugene! let s just hear her out. ha ha ha, i ve been needing a new horse. we ve got ourselves a deal. ringcentral this is not the stallion i was imagining. on january six last year on capitol hill, the day starts with a prayer. an open prayer delivered every day the u.s. senate is by the chaplain, he s been the senate chaplain since 2003. and boy, does this guy have a voice. let us pray. almighty guard. have a compassion on us, with your unfailing love. as our lawmakers prepare to formally certify the votes cast by the electoral college, be