[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 14]
[House]
[Pages 18955-18956]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           PLEDGE PROTECTION

  (Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, this week we will vote on 
keeping ``one Nation under God'' in the Pledge of Allegiance. The 
Pledge is under attack, and activists are using wayward judges to chip 
away at this time-honored tradition. Our national motto is ``In God We 
Trust.'' In Texas the people have already spoken. Starting last year, 
all school districts require students to recite the Pledge to the 
United States and Texas flags daily.
  The bill we have on the floor today is essential to ensuring that the 
will of the people of Texas is not circumvented by some unelected judge 
in another State. For the sake of our country's morale and heritage, we 
must keep ``under God'' in the Pledge.
  I will just close with God bless America.

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