Journal of the Senate of Texas: 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, Monday, April 22, 2013 Page: 1,079
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SENATE JOURNAL
EIGHTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE - REGULAR SESSION
AUSTIN, TEXAS
PROCEEDINGS
FORTY-FOURTH DAY
(Monday, April 22, 2013)
The Senate met at 2:15 p.m. pursuant to adjournment and was called to order by
the President.
The roll was called and the following Senators were present: Birdwell,
Campbell, Carona, Davis, Deuell, Duncan, Ellis, Eltife, Estes, Fraser, Garcia,
Hancock, Hegar, Hinojosa, Huffman, Lucio, Nelson, Nichols, Patrick, Paxton,
Rodriguez, Schwertner, Seliger, Taylor, Uresti, Van de Putte, Watson, West, Whitmire,
Williams, Zaffirini.
The President announced that a quorum of the Senate was present.
The Reverend Gary Randle, H.O.P.E. Farm, Fort Worth, was introduced by
Senator Birdwell and Senator Davis and offered the invocation as follows:
Our heavenly Father, we thank You for the opportunity and freedom to
be able to gather here for prayer this morning, and we praise Your name for
the great things You are doing in this country. While the news and rhetoric
lately may often seem rather dark and while the challenges we seem to bring
on ourselves as a country seem to be more and more of a burden, we take
great comfort because we know that first, last, and always, You are God.
Lord, You specifically direct us in First Timothy, Chapter 2, to pray for our
leaders and those whom we've trusted with authority. So, today, Lord, we
want to do just that. We pray for President Obama, the First Lady, and their
children as well as for Vice President and Mrs. Biden and their family. We
pray for their advisors and cabinet and for our military and its leaders. We
pray for the men and women in Congress and in the Supreme Court. We
pray for all our elected officials in Texas, our Governor, our Lieutenant
Governor, our Attorney General. We pray for the men and women of our
state Legislature and those in Austin that represent our great state. Lord, we
not only pray for all our leaders this morning but, Father, we also humbly
pray for ourselves. We pray that we as citizens of this great country can be
worthy of good leadership, that we can be wise in picking leaders, and,
Lord, help each of us play a proper role in creating an atmosphere and
climate such that gifted men and women want to run for office and, and
when elected, can thrive in a way that blesses this country. We thank You
that we have a country that values the democratic process. And, Lord, we
pray that You will give the media wisdom such that they will be honest
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