On the recordFebruary 7, 2020
Madam Speaker, yesterday's National Prayer Breakfast brought to my mind the quote by President Lincoln: ``I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go.'' I, like Lincoln, feel inadequate to my task at times. I, like Lincoln, seek strength and discernment from prayer. I need prayer. It is not just Members of Congress that should be allowed to call upon prayer. Students, like my three sons, and millions more, deserve this powerful tool. That is why I thank the administration for their recent decision to protect the right to pray in schools. The freedom to seek strength from someplace other than ourselves enriches this Nation, just as it enriched President Lincoln. ____________________
