Democrats Plan to Remove ‘So Help Me God’ From Oath at House Committee

Democrats Plan to Remove ‘So Help Me God’ From Oath at House Committee
Members of the House are sworn-in during the beginning of the 116th Congress at the Capitol in Washington, on Jan. 3, 2019. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images
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Democrats on the House Committee on Natural Resources plan to remove a reference to God from an oath, which witnesses are required to take before providing testimony, according to a draft of committee rules obtained.

The draft (pdf) shows the words “so help you God” in red brackets, indicating that the words will be removed if the draft rules are approved. Instead, the Democrats plan to add the words “under penalty of law” to the oath.
Ivan Pentchoukov
Ivan Pentchoukov
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Ivan is the national editor of The Epoch Times. He has reported for The Epoch Times on a variety of topics since 2011.
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