[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 106 (Thursday, July 9, 2015)]
[House]
[Pages H4971-H4972]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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            REMOVE CONFEDERATE FLAGS FROM OUR NATIONAL PARKS

  (Mr. HAHN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)

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  Mr. HAHN. Mr. Speaker, I also rise to express my outrage that my 
Republican colleagues, in the darkness of the night, offered a surprise 
amendment to allow the Confederate battle flag to be displayed in our 
national parks and at Federal cemeteries. Just a couple of days ago, 
this body voted to remove the Confederate battle flag from our national 
parks.
  My Republican colleagues are choosing to raise the Confederate battle 
flag again, despite growing opposition by Americans who recognize it as 
a disgraceful celebration of the war waged to prolong slavery in this 
country.
  Yesterday, in a stunning sign of progress, South Carolina voted to 
take down that flag after 50 years of flying it at their State capitol. 
Why do some here continue to insist on defending this painful symbol of 
racism?
  This is shameful. In the wake of the devastating murder of Senator 
Pinckney and the eight other churchgoers at Emanuel AME, this is a new 
low for this Congress.

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