Rear Adm. Barry Black:a live picture of the capitol here, live senate coverage now, on c-span2. the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. the chaplain will now lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us

Rear Adm. Barry Black:pray. o god of light, in whom there is no darkness. thank you for your light. you are a guide who gently leads us. you are a mystery, but not a puzzle. profound, but not incomprehensible. you are loving,

Rear Adm. Barry Black:patient, and longsuffering. o god, you are all things that we are not, but need to be. you don't make promises to forget them. you, o god, with steadiness and perseverence, mof in the lives of people

Rear Adm. Barry Black:-- mof in the lives of people and in the nation and the world. awaken our lawmakers to your inescapable presence. keep them from thinking that you are absent from our world or disinterested in it. enable

Rear Adm. Barry Black:them to feel you in their midst as they grapple with the problems of our time. we pray in the name of him who promised never to forsake us. amen. the presiding officer: please join me in reciting the

Harry Reid:pledge of allegiance. 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