John Sarbanes:the house will be in order. the lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: speaker's room, washington, d.c., september 14, 2007. i hereby appoint the honorable john p. sarbanes,

John Sarbanes:to act as speaker pro tempore on this day . signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain. the chaplain:

John Sarbanes:good and gracious god. today we recall the prayer of thomas murderen. he prayed, o god i do not know if what i am doing is pleasing to you, but i know that my desire to please you is itself

John Sarbanes:pleasing to you. may we, too, be filled with a desire to please you in all that we do. may our every thought and our every action be aimed at doing your will. we know that in your will is our