Journal of the Senate, Regular Session of the Seventy-Eighth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 1 Page: 37
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FOURTH DAY
TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2003
PROCEEDINGS
The Senate met at 11:00 a.m. pursuant to adjournment and was called to order by
the President.
The roll was called and the following Senators were present: Armbrister, Averitt,
Barrientos, Bivins, Brimer, Carona, Deuell, Duncan, Ellis, Estes, Fraser, Gallegos,
Harris, Hinojosa, Jackson, Janek, Lindsay, Lucio, Madla, Nelson, Ogden, Shapiro,
Shapleigh, Staples, Van de Putte, Wentworth, West, Whitmire, Williams, Zaffirini,
Mr. President.
The President announced that a quorum of the Senate was present.
Senate Doorkeeper Don Long offered the invocation as follows:
Gracious and sovereign Lord, direct the leaders of the great State of
Texas in the days of this legislative session. May the decisions made here
be directed by Your hand and may each Senator seek to do what is right in
Your sight.
On this day of inauguration we pray for Governor Perry and Lieutenant
Governor Dewhurst. Let Your grace descend upon them in abundance.
Anoint them with wisdom. Endue them with a spirit of gentleness and
courage, and keep them ever safe from all harm. We pray they will lead us
toward the goals for which Martin Luther King lived and died, liberty and
justice for all people and the personal responsibility of each person. We
commend them to Your mercy and power. May their prayer be that of King
Solomon, "Give therefore Thy servant an understanding heart to judge Thy
people, that I may discern between good and bad; for who is able to judge
this Thy so great a people?" (I Kings 3:9)
And we thank You so much for Lieutenant Governor Bill Ratliff and
his service to Texas. Continue to bless him in a very special way. Amen.
Senator Whitmire moved that the reading of the Journal of the proceedings of
Thursday, January 16, 2003, be dispensed with and the Journal be approved as
printed.
The motion prevailed without objection.
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