Roger Wicker: “Mr. Chairman, this is a rather straightforward and simple amendment. It would simply restore to the face, or the…”

“Mr. Chairman, this is a rather straightforward and simple amendment. It would simply restore to the face, or the obverse, of the dollar coin, the new dollar coin that is being minted now, the words ``In God We Trust'' and ``E Pluribus Unum.'' ``In God We Trust'' is the current national motto and has been our motto since 1956. ``E Pluribus Unum'' was actually suggested by the Congress to be on the seal of the United States of America as early as 1776. These two phrases have been a part of who we are and what we are about for as long as almost anyone within the sound of my voice can remember. Now, I have in my hand here a United States quarter. On one side, it has ``In God We Trust.'' You turn it over, and this happens to be one of the new quarters featuring a State, it happens to be Rhode Island, but still there's room on the other side of that coin for the term ``E Pluribus Unum''--out of many, one people, as I say, a very significant phrase about who we are as a people. You take the dollar coin, Mr. Speaker, and there's a picture of George Washington on the front, there is a likeness of the Statue of Liberty on the back, but if you're looking for the words ``E Pluribus Unum'' or ``In God We Trust,'' it's not on either side. In order to find that, you have to look at the very edge of the coin and you have to get the light just right and there it is on the edge of the coin.”