[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 74 (Wednesday, June 14, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H4343]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         NATION THAT DOES NOT HONOR FLAG DOES NOT HONOR FREEDOM

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, in America it is illegal to burn trash. 
It is a $10,000 fine to damage a mailbox. But even though it is Flag 
Day in America, we can burn the flag today, we can trash the flag, we 
can even urinate on the flag.
  Think about it. Is it any wonder that Americans are losing respect 
for our Government?
  Soldiers literally died carrying our flag into battle, and Congress 
protects mailboxes.
  Beam me up, Mr. Speaker.
  A Nation that does not respect nor honor their flag is a Nation that 
does not respect their people nor honor their freedom.
  I yield back the pledge of allegiance to our flag and to the Republic 
for which our flag stands.

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