A Resilient People Cherishing Liberty And Equality

With That In Mind And In Celebration Of National Prayer Day, Today I Have Proposed In The House Of Representatives A Constitutional Amendment That Would Restore Voluntary Prayer In Our Nation's Schools.

We All Understand That Compromise Is Part Of The Legislative Process, Yet At The Same Time, I Would Submit That Wilderness Is Not For Sale.

But Through World Wars And A Great Depression, Through Painful Social Upheaval And A Cold War, And Now Through The Attacks Of September 11, 2001, Our Nation Has Indeed Survived.

As A People Of Faith, We Know That Prayer Is A Powerful Instrument. And As One Nation Under God, We Know That Many Times Our Most Powerful Tool Is Prayer.

Reasonable, Even Intelligent People Can, And Frequently Do, Disagree On How Best To Achieve Peace In The Middle East, But, Peace Must Be The Goal Of Our Foreign Policy Tools, Whether They Be By The Stick Or By The Carrot.