Into your hands, father of mercys, we commend our brother mario. In the sure and certain hope that together with all who have died in christ he will rise with him on the last day. Merciful lord, turn toward us and listen to our prayers. Open the gates of paradise to your servant and help us who remain to comfort one another with assurances of faith until we all meet in christ and are with you and with our brother mario forever. We ask this through christ our lord. Amen. In peace let us take our brother to his place of rest. Thanks be to god. Our closing hymn is 611. Joyful, joyful, we adore thee hearts unfold like flowers before you opening up to the sun above melt the clouds of sun and sadness, drive the dark of doubt away giver of immortal gladness, fill us with the light of day all your works with joy surround you earth and heaven reflect your rays stars and angles sing around you, center of unbroken praise field and forest dale and mountain flowering meadow, flashing sea chanting a
Anybody to hire veterans. The rate of unemployment for veterans has been higher. I had the chance in rhodesville, michigan, to meet with veterans Vietnam Veterans some months ago. And i was deeply troubled by the high rate of unemployment for those Vietnam Veterans. This country has not done an adequate job in terms of making sure that veterans have a real opportunity to work. That is the tribute that we must provide its more than a tribute its an obligation to those who have served this nation. Thats why this is called the heroes act. Lets not distort it. Lets not lets not undermine what is the purpose of this legislation. Those who have served deserve as our priority any reasonable effort to provide them with the opportunity that they want. They have served, now they want to work. We need to make sure they have that opportunity to work. Its within that spirit that i support this legislation and urge its passage and i yield back the balance of our time. The speaker pro tempore the gen
Environmental reviews of the project have consistently found that the keystone xl pipeline will have no Significant Impact on the environment. Let me repeat that no significant environmental impact. In fact, the review says that if we dont build the pipeline canadian oil will still find its way to market by rail, requiring 1,400 tanker cars every day on our railroads to move the same volume of oil. A lack of Pipeline Capacity is already causing congestion on the tracks, which is delaying shipments of agriculture goods and other commodities. Clearly the keystone xl pipeline is in the National Interest of our country. It will support more than 42,000 jobs, boost our economy by 3. 4 billion, and help reduce our reliance on middle eastern oil. For all of these reasons, the keystone xl pipeline, and others like it, make sense. But theres another reason weve made it the first bill we take up in the senate. Its important not only because its vital Energy Infrastructure legislation, but also b
Monrovia – The head of the U.S. Congressional Delegation to Liberia, Congressman Gregory Meeks has paid homage to Liberia’s founding fathers; saying their courage to seek freedom paved the way for the advancement of African Americans and people of Af