H.Res. 59

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 59 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. RES. 59

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the sermon 
given by the Right Reverend Mariann Edgar Budde at the National Prayer 
Service on January 21st, 2025, at the National Cathedral was a display 
of political activism and condemning its distorted message.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 23, 2025

Mr. Brecheen (for himself, Mr. Clyde, Mr. Grothman, Mr. Burlison, Mrs. 
Miller of Illinois, Mr. Harris of North Carolina, Mrs. Bice, Mrs. Luna, 
Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr. Ogles, Ms. Greene of Georgia, Mr. Norman, Mr. 
Webster of Florida, Mr. Allen, Mr. Babin, Mrs. Houchin, Ms. Van Duyne, 
Mr. Baird, Mrs. Biggs of South Carolina, Ms. Boebert, and Mr. Griffith) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
on Oversight and Government Reform

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RESOLUTION

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the sermon 
given by the Right Reverend Mariann Edgar Budde at the National Prayer 
Service on January 21st, 2025, at the National Cathedral was a display 
of political activism and condemning its distorted message.

Whereas the National Prayer Service is a longstanding tradition in which the 
United States publicly affirms dependence upon God and prays for the 
success of our President and Vice President;
Whereas, on January 21, 2025, President Donald J. Trump and Vice President J.D. 
Vance took part in the National Prayer Service at the National Cathedral 
in Washington, DC; and
Whereas the Right Reverend Mariann Edgar Budde, the bishop leading the inaugural 
prayer service, used her position inappropriately, promoting political 
bias instead of advocating the full counsel of biblical teaching: Now, 
therefore, be it
Resolved, That--
(1) it is the sense of the House of Representatives that 
the sermon given at the National Prayer Service on January 
21st, 2025, at the National Cathedral was a display of 
political activism; and
(2) the House of Representatives condemns the Right 
Reverend Mariann Edgar Budde's distorted message.
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