[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12127]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                                FLAG DAY

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Madam Speaker, in America it is illegal to burn trash, 
but we can burn the flag. It is illegal to remove a label from a 
mattress, but we can literally rip the stars and stripes off our flag. 
It is illegal to damage a mailbox, but we can destroy our flag.
  Beam me up. A people that does not honor and respect their flag is a 
people that does not honor and respect their country nor their 
neighbors.
  Today is Flag Day. I say if we want to make a political statement, we 
can burn our bras, burn our BVDs, but we should leave Old Glory alone. 
Every day should be Flag Day.

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