C oh come on. Good morning. Thank you for that warm welcome and thank you for being in person all the people watching on line or listening remotely we say thank you for joining us for the 2024 state of the state. Youve all been thoroughly welcomed this morning but i want to give a special shout out to a few people in the course ive got to start with first Lady Catherine and her family members she spirit their sister julie and her cousin lisa and watching on line to the rest of our rest of our extended families and their sons joe and tom and her daughter jesse and their extended families. When you serve your family serves with you so i want to be sure to at this time thank them for all their support in the seven years in todays a special day because its jesses birthday and so we need on a one, two, three everybody to yell happy birthday jesse. It will be the Largest Group to ever yell her birthday at the same time. One, 23, happy birthday jesse [applause] way to go. You guys did fantast
Empower our senators to be partners with you in your redeeming purposes for this earth. Remind them that the only greatness they will ever know is linked to your transforming might. As they strive to please you, make them seekers after peace, justice, and freedom. Transform this storied chamber of our legislative branch into a place of vision, a lighthouse of hope, and a source of solace for those battered by lifes raging floods. May the members of this body become architects of a new order of peace and justice for our nation and world. We pray in your great name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our 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, with liberty and justice for all. The presiding officer the clerk will read a communication to the senate. The clerk washington, d. C, july 25, 2023. To the senate under the provisions of rule 1,
Empower our senators to be partners with you in your redeeming purposes for this earth. Remind them that the only greatness they will ever know is linked to your transforming might. As they strive to please you, make them seekers after peace, justice, and freedom. Transform this storied chamber of our legislative branch into a place of vision, a lighthouse of hope, and a source of solace for those battered by lifes raging floods. May the members of this body become architects of a new order of peace and justice for our nation and world. We pray in your great name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our 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, with liberty and justice for all. The presiding officer the clerk will read a communication to the senate. The clerk washington, d. C, july 25, 2023. To the senate under the provisions of rule 1,
Empower our senators to be partners with you in your redeeming purposes for this earth. Remind them that the only greatness they will ever know is linked to your transforming might. As they strive to please you, make them seekers after peace, justice, and freedom. Transform this storied chamber of our legislative branch into a place of vision, a lighthouse of hope, and a source of solace for those battered by lifes raging floods. May the members of this body become architects of a new order of peace and justice for our nation and world. We pray in your great name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our 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, with liberty and justice for all. The presiding officer the clerk will read a communication to the senate. The clerk washington, d. C, july 25, 2023. To the senate under the provisions of rule 1,
Empower our senators to be partners with you in your redeeming purposes for this earth. Remind them that the only greatness they will ever know is linked to your transforming might. As they strive to please you, make them seekers after peace, justice, and freedom. Transform this storied chamber of our legislative branch into a place of vision, a lighthouse of hope, and a source of solace for those battered by lifes raging floods. May the members of this body become architects of a new order of peace and justice for our nation and world. We pray in your great name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our 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, with liberty and justice for all. The presiding officer the clerk will read a communication to the senate. The clerk washington, d. C, july 25, 2023. To the senate under the provisions of rule 1,