[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17041]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            CIVIL LIBERTIES

  (Mr. KUCINICH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, yesterday the House of Representatives 
made permanent many of the provisions of the PATRIOT Act which have 
caused great concern across this country with respect to undermining 
basic civil liberties. When we sing the Star Spangled Banner, we ask a 
question, ``Does that star spangled banner yet wave o'er the land of 
the free and the home of the brave?''
  Francis Scott Key when he wrote the Star Spangled Banner understood 
the connection between freedom and bravery, between democracy and 
courage. We must work to create a Nation where we encourage the people 
of America to be free of fear. We must work to create a Nation where we 
are not afraid to celebrate our civil liberties.

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