[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 44 (Wednesday, March 19, 2003)]
[House]
[Pages H1960-H1961]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        UNDERSTANDING OUR RIGHTS

  (Mrs. JONES of Ohio asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. JONES of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I was pleased to have the 
opportunity to lead this Congress this morning in the Pledge of 
Allegiance. And it is a great opportunity for me because as those of us 
who speak out against the war in Iraq, many times our support for the 
Nation and support for the Presidency and support for the military are 
called into question.
  On Saturday I had the opportunity to participate in a peace rally at 
Public Square in the city of Cleveland, and I talked about patriotism 
and I talked about all those teachers in my high school and college 
years who said to me, understand the Bill of Rights. Understand you 
have the right to protest. Understand you have the right to assemble, 
and understand you have a right to free speech.

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  My free speech allows me to say to the entire world, to the troops 
all over

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this country and all over the world that I support them. I am 
patriotic. To the whole world I still like peace, I want peace, and I 
am opposed to the war in Iraq, but I am a great American and I am a 
patriot.
  I thank the Chair for the opportunity to be heard, Mr. Speaker.

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