Sunday, February 03, 2019


Democrats on Natural Resources Committee Want to Delete ‘So Help You God’ From Witness Oath

Democrats on the Committee on Natural Resources of the U.S. House of Representatives have proposed a cut to the oath taken by witnesses who testify before the committee.

Democrats would remove the phrase, “so help you God.”

Currently, witnesses who appear before the House Committee on Natural Resources are administered the following oath before testifying:

“Do you solemnly swear or affirm, under penalty of law, that the testimony that you are about to give is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?”

In the draft of the proposed new rules for the committee, however, the last four words, “so help you God,” are bracketed in red, indicating that the committee has proposed to delete them.

According to Fox News, who first obtained the draft, “the full committee is set to vote on the new language this week, and the rules would take effect immediately if adopted.”

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) was not pleased with the potential change in language, and compared the Democratic Party to “the party of Karl Marx.”

“It is incredible, but not surprising, that the Democrats would try to remove God from committee proceedings in one of their first acts in the majority,” Cheney told Fox News. “They really have become the party of Karl Marx.”

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6 comments:

Anonymous said...

What happens when a person says "No" to the “Do you solemnly swear or affirm, under penalty of law, that the testimony that you are about to give is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?” statement?

Anonymous said...

What does a non-existing deity have to do with truth ?

Bill R. said...

The Party of Karl Marx? No, the Party of Satan! They have eliminated mention of God in their party platform and now advocate for infanticide. Americans need to wake up. These people do not have our interests in mind. They only want to control the reins of power and take away our freedoms in the process.

Bird of Paradise said...

The Demon-Crat Party the party of disarming the American Public opening our borders raising our taxes and adding more regulations red tape and paperwork to Americans lives

Anonymous said...


They have already relented on this story and will leave the words in there. Turns out they were once again shocked by how many people took offense at them deciding to remove word that they thought were offensive.

The point is that you shouldn't have a "representative" that is so completely un-representative that they could be that unaware.

Anonymous said...

Solemnly is to invoke a religious pledge.