Bob Schaffer: “Mr. Speaker, I ask the House to review favorably and pass favorably H. Res. 548. This is a resolution that expresses the…”

“Mr. Speaker, I ask the House to review favorably and pass favorably H. Res. 548. This is a resolution that expresses the sense of Congress that the national motto ``In God We Trust'' should be posted and made public in all public buildings across the country. This is an important resolution, one which is inspired for me by Members of the Colorado State Board of Education, who just a few weeks ago adopted a State resolution encouraging the public display of the national motto ``In God We Trust'' in public schools throughout the State of Colorado. The State Board of Education in my State recognized the following, that during the Civil War, in response to a public desire for recognition of the Almighty God in some form on our coins, President Abraham Lincoln signed in law on April 22, 1864, a law which introduced the motto ``In God We Trust'' to our national coinage. It was on July 30, 1956, that President Dwight Eisenhower signed a law stating that the national motto of the United States is hereby declared to be ``In God We Trust.'' The Federal courts have repeatedly upheld the constitutionality of the national motto and its uses.”