Speaker Johnson: It's Not In Government We Trust

"You see that, those words up there, that motto, it says, in God we trust, right above the speaker's rostrum. You know, a previous Congress put that there in the early 60s in the height of the Cold War....Congress voted to put that there as a rebuke to the Soviets' worldview at the height of the Cold War. Why? Because communism, socialism, find their root in Marxism. And Marxism begins with the belief that there is no God. It's wrong. And this Congress made us stand those many years ago, and we should do it again. We're different. We're distinct. We're exceptional. Because we acknowledge that right there. Our motto. It doesn't say in government we trust. It says in God we trust. And we better remember that. He has blessed us with his grand experiment in self-governance, now for almost two and a half centuries.
And by God's grace, we are working hard and we are delivering on our promise to make America great again."