Cox Corridors

More information on the U.S. Capitol's Cox Corridors.

House Chamber

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Prayer Room

  • "Annuit coeptis" (God has favored our undertakings)

  • "Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust."
    — Psalm 16:1

Senate Chamber

  • Over east doorway:
    "Annuit coeptis" (God has favored our undertakings)

  • Over south entrance:
    "In God we trust"

  • Over west doorway:
    "Novus ordo seclorum" (A new order of the ages [is born])

  • Panel behind vice president's chair:
    "E pluribus unum" (Out of many, one)

More information on the Senate Chamber.

Dirksen Senate Office Building

  • On entablature beneath the pediment on the First Street facade of building:
    "THE SENATE IS THE LIVING SYMBOL OF OUR UNION OF STATES"

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