i like to ask you all what conservatives should and can do to ensure the principle of e pluribus unum is vindicated in a country that is increasingly multi-ethnic and racial? >> want to take that off, yuval? >> i think in light of that general concern and the immigration debate not long ago, this is a time for civic education to be a priority. it does not have to be simply a government priority, it has to be a priority of society. republicans, conservatives, everybody else has to be talking about assimilation in ways that would probably have been uncomfortable talking about for a while, civic education, american history, the importance of teaching our young children why this is a special country. this is a place to begin that type of work. rather than taking on the kind of abstract problem of multiculturalism, to explain to particular uniqueness of this country and this society to our children who are going have to carry it on i think is a challenge that we have been remiss about the need to take seriously again. >> governor? >> i think we have to walk the balance beam here. but i opt

pluribus unum. it's saying some of us are not eligible to run for office. it's nasty, un-american business. >> you called it as you saw it. >> well, is there another view? >> no. >> okay, thank you. quick question about pennsylvania politics. >> fascinating, democracy is a funny thing, people like choices. arlen specter has been around a long time as a republican and become a democrat, fair enough but the history of switchers is not very positive. very good -- rear the great looking john conley, switched to becoming a republican? john lindsay, glamorous guy from new york, the future of switch parties. the country sort of, even in pennsylvania where you and i know a lot about it, there's not a big ideological difference between the parties. sometimes they overlap each other. you have pro-choice republicans and pro-life democrats. you know, they disagree on some things that aren't party line but you know what? people do like to you keep your uniform on. it keeps it simple so maybe that's behind toomey. a bit to the right. pennsylvania is not a right state, to

to that eye, and there are 13 arrows, there are 13 olive leaves symbolizing the peace, you --ee pluribus unum out of many comes one, in god we trust, everything in here is encoded in 13. the founders loved 13 and they wouldn't understand our phobia for 13 floors, with the exception of the national press club, or taking the 13th floor of airplanes, frequently they used to do that. out. and even our obsession or phobia about friday the 13th. they would even view what i was photographing at montecello, the 76 citizens, they would gather and look at the numerology, numerology is kind of fun, take this numbers and add them up, 7 plus 6 equals 13. well, where this is leading is that mr. jefferson as did franklin, extrapolated that for every 19 years there is a new generation of americans born. every 19 years. and, if you multiply that on july 4th, 2005, the day i was walking up to the dome, to photograph these 76 citizens, we became at that point all of us, became the 13th generation of americans since this founding of the revolution. this is the original american dream. and again the math is, 19 t

because it's never mentioned -- e pluribus unum because it's never mentioned in the video visitors see. the national motto is "in god we trust," that is the national motto and it should remain as such. our religious history is part of american history. when the founds of the country got together in the continental congress, before they decided to draft this new concept of freedom and liberty, the benjamin franklin made the comment, if the good lord is concerned about the birds who fall from the air, certainly he would be concerned about the birth of a new nation. with that, the members of the continental congress knelt down and prayed. we have continued that tradition every day since the continental congress. we start every day the same way. when the house is called to order, the first order of business is a prayer. the second order of business is the pledge of allegiance to the flag. it's important that we continue those traditions but it's also important that people who come to the capitol understand that that is part of our routine. you know, mr. speaker, unless the lord watches ove