On the recordMay 5, 1999
I thank the Chaplain for his prayer. This is a nation which, in the words of Benjamin Franklin, believes in the scriptures and particularly that scripture to which Franklin called the attention of the other framers of the Constitution in Philadelphia in 1787: Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. We, the colleagues of the Senators from Oklahoma and Kansas, share their concern about the people who have lost lives, loved ones, and property. Our hearts go out to their constituencies and to them as well as they serve their people every day.
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