John Boehner offers prayers, help

By JAKE SHERMAN 1/9/11 8:57 AM EST

House Speaker John Boehner said the lower chamber is ready to assist in the aftermath of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords being shot, and asked lawmakers and staff to keep her and her aides in their prayers.

Speaking from his hometown of West Chester, Ohio, Boehner struck a somber tone, reflective of the situation he confronts just days into his speakership.

“To the members of the house and their staffs, I ask that you, on this Sabbath day, that we keep Gabby and her staff in our thoughts and prayers,” Boehner said. “Public service is a high honor but these tragic events remind us that all of us in our roles in service to our fellow citizens comes with a risk. This inhuman act should not, and will not, deter us from our calling to represent our constituents and to fulfill our oaths of office. No act, no matter how heinous, must be allowed to stop us from our duty.”

That risk was realized in the Giffords shooting, and reflected by the Republican majority with an altered schedule this week, which will push of the vote to repeal Democrats’ health care reform.

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Mr. Boehner hasn't even been speaker of the House of Representatives for a week, and already he is expressing the very same things that I fear he will (would) have MUCH more to say about very soon: The Sabbath; NO, Not the real Sabbath, but his Church's mark of authority, SUNDAY.

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LISTEN CLOSELY, AND YOU'LL HEAR THE DISTINCT VOICE OF THE DRAGON!

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