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![]() ![]() Just before Christmas, I offered a message to the country - a message that is at the heart of the Christian faith, but yet is universal - a universal message of hope, of joy, of love. And I’m honored to continue the tradition started by President Eisenhower, I’m told, that - that - for presidents to come and speak to the prayer breakfast. Look, I’ve attended many prayer breakfasts over the years with the nation struggling and in strife, and also in times of peace and prosperity. Number three, you can’t carry a tune in a wheelbarrow. You can’t play a reed instrument, number one. And he used to say to me, “Joey, I don’t know where you come from.” (Laughter.) He said, “You have no lip. My father used to - when he was in high school - he didn’t go to college, but in his college years, had a band. Augustine, of my church - a Catholic Church - would say that “singing is praying twice.” And I can only pray once because I couldn’t carry a tune in a wheelbarrow. At any rate - (laughter) - but the incredible - the incredible Brooklyn Tabernacle Singers, I tell you. I’m - I tell you what: You - I think you got a - well, I won’t go into that. (Laughter.)īut, I’m grateful you’re able to be - join us in prayer this morning and lift up one another and - and our nation - and our nation.Īnd I want to thank Vice President Harris and Speaker McCarthy and Minority Leader Jeffries.Īnd I also want to thank Bishop McKenzie.Īnd, Pastor, I - I don’t know, I’m a little worried how you got this whole - this whole choir here. And the House invites you to come to the floor today - all 1,300 of you. And he and his dad and I also spent an awful lot of time together.Īnd I applaud your work to make a more intimate gathering, bringing back to its roots, but I understand we got a bunch of folks at a hotel not far from here. I also want to thank the other leaders here at the breakfast: Representative Tim Walberg Senator Kirsten Gillibrand Mike Rounds - Mike, it’s good to see you - we used to sit there together a lot in the past and former Senator Mark Pryor. (Applause.) No, really, you’re magnificent. My God, you’re beautiful, beautiful, beautiful (inaudible). ![]() You’ve done it magnificently.Īnd you’re doing it with your service in the Congress, and we’re a better nation because you’ve kept the faith.Īnd, by the way, the reference - (applause) - the reference to my grandmom was: Every time I’d walk out of my Grandfather Finnegan’s house in Scranton, he’d yell, “Joey, keep the faith.” And my grandmother would yell, “No, Joey, spread it. You know, like many of you in the audience, Lucy lost a piece of her soul, and - and it’s - you know, while the pain never fully leaves, you eventually find the purpose to carry on, and that’s what you’ve done. THE PRESIDENT: Well, thank you, Lucy, for that introduction and, I might add, as I said last year, for your courage. Get Involved Show submenu for “Get Involved””.The White House Show submenu for “The White House””.Office of the United States Trade Representative. ![]()
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