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Mike Johnson: “Congress voted in 1962 to put that motto [In God We Trust]…”

Featuring: Mike Johnson, Republican | Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | National

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Speaker Johnson gives Special Order Floor Remarks

Published | Video Starts at 02:08

And if you look by the way, in the. In the visitor's guide to the House chamber, I think it's about somewhere on page 14 it says that Congress voted in 1962 to put that motto [In God We Trust] there. To add it to the marble. It says in the guide as rebuke to the Soviets because of their philosophy that was during the Cold War. The Soviet's philosophy is Marxism, Communism, socialism. (02:08–02:15)

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Asserts that Congress voted in 1962 to add 'In God We Trust' to the marble in the House chamber.

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