Political Quotes

“There was a 17-year-old boy who was about to become an Eagle Scout. His name was Andrew Larochelle, and he wanted to give a flag that's flown over the Capitol to his grandfather, who was one of his heroes, and he asked that his Congressman be able to put this language into the certificate that goes along with the flag. And he said, ``This flag was flown in honor of Marcel Larochelle, my grandfather, for his dedication and love of God, country and family.'' The Acting Architect of the Capitol, if you can believe this, Stephen Ayers, took ``God'' out of that and sent the certificate back. And he said there can't be a reference to God in any kind of certification like that that comes out of the Capitol. I'd just like to say to my colleagues, right here we have ``In God We Trust'' over the Speaker's rostrum. We have ``In God We Trust'' on our currency. We have ``In God We Trust'' on our coinage. We have ``In God We Trust'' in the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag. And I can't imagine anybody wanting to take God out of a certificate for a Boy Scout or an Explorer Scout or anybody else in scouting because they wanted to honor their grandfather.”