{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://turner.house.gov/2021/5/rep-mike-turner-decries-biden-s-decision-to-cancel-god", "Rep. Mike Turner Decries Biden\u2019s Decision to \u2018Cancel\u2019 God", "2021-05-07", "2021", "2021-05", "Republican", "House", "OH", "Michael R. Turner", "T000463", "turner.house.gov", "turner", "https://turner.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "Following President Biden deleting God from his National Prayer Day proclamation, Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10) criticized the order as offensive:\n\n\u201cPresident Biden has embraced the far-left\u2019s cancel culture that attempts to rewrite American history, tear down our institutions, and now, cancel God. I\u2019ve successfully fought to protect religious liberties by ensuring flags can fly over the U.S. Capitol that include an inscription honoring God, and it\u2019s clear the fight to defend faith and religious expression continues,\u201d said Turner. \u201cIt\u2019s disheartening to see this decision from a President who once claimed that faith is the \u2018bedrock foundation\u2019 of his life. Our national motto is \u2018In God We Trust\u2019. May God continue to bless America.\u201d\n\nRep. Turner successfully led the push to change a rule by the Architect of the Capitol that censored religious expressions on flag certificates after a 17-year-old Eagle Scout in his district, Andrew Larcohelle, received a certificate that censored the word \"God\" from his requested inscription. Turner\u2019s legislation, the Andrew Larcohelle God, Family, and Country Act of 2007 successfully changed this policy to permit the acknowledgement of God on flag certificates.\n\nPresident Biden\u2019s decision to omit God in Thursday\u2019s proclamation diverged from past actions by his recent predecessors in both parties, President Donald Trump, President Barrack Obama and President George W. Bush. It also differs from Biden\u2019s previous statement as a presidential candidate that \u201cfaith is the \u201cbedrock foundation of my life.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:49:40Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://turner.house.gov/2021/5/rep-mike-turner-decries-biden-s-decision-to-cancel-god"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.690364046022296, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}