In fact, it says in the visitor's guide to the House chamber, somewhere about on page 21 it says what that was for and says Congress put that Congress put [the national motto] there as a rebuke to the Soviets because their philosophy...begin with the premise that there is no God. no God. And Congress wanted to make sure that all future generations understood that is not who we are. And these are reminders that they were there long before the practice of public prayer was formally enshrined in the law. (02:56)
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Asserts that Congress placed the national motto in the House chamber as a rebuke to Soviet atheism.
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