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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. RES. 59 |
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| 5 | 5 | | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the sermon given |
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| 6 | 6 | | by the Right Reverend Mariann Edgar Budde at the National Prayer |
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| 7 | 7 | | Service on January 21st, 2025, at the National Cathedral was a display |
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| 8 | 8 | | of political activism and condemning its distorted message. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 10 | 10 | | JANUARY23, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. B |
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| 12 | 12 | | RECHEEN(for himself, Mr. CLYDE, Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr. BURLISON, |
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| 13 | 13 | | Mrs. M |
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| 14 | 14 | | ILLERof Illinois, Mr. HARRISof North Carolina, Mrs. BICE, Mrs. |
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| 15 | 15 | | L |
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| 16 | 16 | | UNA, Mr. MOOREof Alabama, Mr. OGLES, Ms. GREENEof Georgia, Mr. |
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| 17 | 17 | | N |
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| 18 | 18 | | ORMAN, Mr. WEBSTERof Florida, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. BABIN, Mrs. |
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| 20 | 20 | | OUCHIN, Ms. VANDUYNE, Mr. BAIRD, Mrs. BIGGSof South Carolina, |
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| 21 | 21 | | Ms. B |
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| 22 | 22 | | OEBERT, and Mr. GRIFFITH) submitted the following resolution; |
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| 23 | 23 | | which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Re- |
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| 24 | 24 | | form |
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| 25 | 25 | | RESOLUTION |
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| 26 | 26 | | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that |
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| 27 | 27 | | the sermon given by the Right Reverend Mariann Edgar |
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| 28 | 28 | | Budde at the National Prayer Service on January 21st, |
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| 29 | 29 | | 2025, at the National Cathedral was a display of political |
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| 30 | 30 | | activism and condemning its distorted message. |
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| 31 | 31 | | Whereas the National Prayer Service is a longstanding tradi- |
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| 32 | 32 | | tion in which the United States publicly affirms depend- |
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| 33 | 33 | | ence upon God and prays for the success of our President |
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| 34 | 34 | | and Vice President; |
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| 37 | 37 | | •HRES 59 IH |
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| 38 | 38 | | Whereas, on January 21, 2025, President Donald J. Trump |
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| 39 | 39 | | and Vice President J.D. Vance took part in the National |
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| 40 | 40 | | Prayer Service at the National Cathedral in Washington, |
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| 41 | 41 | | DC; and |
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| 42 | 42 | | Whereas the Right Reverend Mariann Edgar Budde, the |
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| 43 | 43 | | bishop leading the inaugural prayer service, used her po- |
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| 44 | 44 | | sition inappropriately, promoting political bias instead of |
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| 45 | 45 | | advocating the full counsel of biblical teaching: Now, |
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| 46 | 46 | | therefore, be it |
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| 47 | 47 | | Resolved, That— 1 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (1) it is the sense of the House of Representa-2 |
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| 49 | 49 | | tives that the sermon given at the National Prayer 3 |
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| 50 | 50 | | Service on January 21st, 2025, at the National Ca-4 |
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| 51 | 51 | | thedral was a display of political activism; and 5 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (2) the House of Representatives condemns the 6 |
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| 53 | 53 | | Right Reverend Mariann Edgar Budde’s distorted 7 |
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| 54 | 54 | | message. 8 |
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