the prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain monsignor stephen j rosette e present in st luke institute silver spring maryland good and gracious god today we recall the prayer of thomas merton he prayed oh god i do not know if what i'm doing is pleasing to you but i know that my desire to please you is itself pleasing to you may we too will be filled with a desire to please you in all that we do may our every thought in our every action being to do in your will we know that in your will is our joy and our peace may you be bless aeration us and may we follow will on this earth until it is completely fulfilled at the end of time  the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his approval there are pursuant to clause one of rule one the journal stands approved the chair will lead the house in the pledge lays before the house a communication the honorable the speaker house of representatives madam pursuant to the permission granted in clause two eight of rule two as they were also the u s house of representatives i had the honor to transmit a sealed envelope received from the white house on september twelfth two thousand and seven at four seventeen and said to contain a message from the president whereby he notifies the congress he has extended the national emergency with respect to september eleventh two thousand and one terrorist attacks with clerk will read the message from the president to the congress of the united states section two zero two d of the national emergency provides for the automatic terminations of a national emergency  prior to the anniversary date of its declaration the president publishes and the federal register and transmits to the congress a notice stating that the emergency is to continue in effect the on the anniversary date consistent with this provision i  federal register the enclosed notice stating that the emergency declared with respect to terrorist attacks on the united states as september eleventh two thousand and one is to continue in effect for an additional year the terrorist threat that led to the declaration on september fourteenth two thousand and one of a national emergency continues for this reason i have determined that it is necessary to continue in effect after september fourteenth two thousand and seven the national emergency with respect to the terrorist threat signed george w bush the white house september twelfth two thousand and seven referred to the committee on foreign affairs an ordered printed the honorable the speaker house of representatives madam pursuant to the permission granted in clause to eight eight overall two of the rules of the u s house of representative the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on september eleventh two thousand and seven at one forty seven pm that the senate passed with an amendment and requested conference with the house appoint conferees h r twenty seven sixty four with best wishes i am signed sincerely the honorable the speaker house of representatives madam pursuant to the permission granted in clause to eight of rule two of the rules of the u s house of representatives the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on september twelfth two thousand and seven at three fifty seven p m that the senate passed without amendment h r nine fifty four that the senate passed without amendment h r thirty two eighteen that the senate passed with an amendment and for showing to house resolution six three two and the order of the house of january for two thousand and seven the chair announces the speaker's appointment of the following members of the house to the committee to attend the funeral of the late mr chandler of kentucky mr inglis