Group challenges move to add religious language to Capitol Visitor Center
Reporting from Washington—When a spiffy, $621-million visitors center opened at the U.S. Capitol last year, a number of lawmakers were taken aback by what they didn’t see: the words “In God We Trust.”
Doing what members of Congress do when they’re upset, Rep. Dan Lungren (R-Gold River) introduced legislation to get the words, along with the Pledge of Allegiance, etched into the walls of the complex.







