[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 100 (Thursday, June 13, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H3987]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          RECOGNIZING FLAG DAY

  (Mr. WENSTRUP asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WENSTRUP. Mr. Speaker, there are things that we do in our lives 
each and every day that become so routine. There are things that become 
so rote as we go about them, and often that includes our Pledge of 
Allegiance.
  Tomorrow is Flag Day. As we pledge our loyalty to this flag, think 
about what she has stood for. Think about where she has been: from the 
home of Betsy Ross to the streets of Concord, to the fields of 
Gettysburg, to the rocks of Iwo Jima, to the tundra of Korea, to the 
jungles of Vietnam, and to the deserts of the Middle East.
  She has stood in our front yards. She has stood on the Moon. She has 
been sadly placed over coffins and proudly raised at the Olympics. She 
is posted on the sides of humanitarian aid packages. She flies through 
the air. She sails across the seas. She marches over the land. She has 
stood for freedom in places around the world until freedom could stand 
on its own two feet.
  Evildoers have feared her. Those in need have prayed for her arrival. 
She has always stood for exceptionalism, and for that, we do not 
apologize.

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