[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10694]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




        PRESIDENT OBAMA SHOULD REMEMBER WE ARE FOUNDED ON FAITH

  (Mr. FLEMING asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. FLEMING. Madam Speaker, I was very disturbed to read about the 
administration's request to cover up a monogram symbolizing the name of 
Jesus at a recent speech given by President Obama at Georgetown 
University. The White House justified this by saying they asked for all 
symbols to be covered up at the lecture hall; however, this was the 
only one clearly visible near him during the speech. The covered 
monogram ``IHS'' comes from the Greek for Jesus and was covered with a 
black triangle of plywood.
  I join my fellow Christians in expressing my outrage at this request. 
This administration has no problem spending money imprinted with the 
phrase ``In God We Trust''--and parenthetically, above us here is the 
words ``In God We Trust''--but won't have our President speak with any 
symbol of Christ in public view. We begin each day in this Chamber with 
a prayer, and clearly visible in the House is the same phrase I 
mentioned before.
  With our country having such problems, people turn to faith for help 
in this time of uncertainty, as they should. This country was founded 
on the solid principles of Judeo-Christian ethics. Why should our 
President cover this important symbol of our heritage and values?

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