[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 8]
[House]
[Pages 11113-11114]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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        SOUTH CAROLINA'S REMOVAL OF THE CONFEDERATE BATTLE FLAG

  (Mr. CLYBURN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)

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  Mr. CLYBURN. Mr. Speaker, following the horrific murder of nine of my 
constituents during their Bible study class at Mother Emanuel AME 
Church in Charleston, many Members of this body came to Charleston to 
help celebrate the life and legacy of Reverend Senator Clementa 
Pinckney.
  I thank the Speaker of the House and the bipartisan delegation for 
coming, showing their concern.
  And I thank the Governor of South Carolina for calling for the 
removal of the Confederate battle flag from the State house grounds.
  At 4 o'clock this afternoon, she is going to sign the bill, which 
passed this morning around 1:30 a.m. by a vote of 94-20, to remove that 
flag from the State house grounds. Tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock, they 
will remove that flag.
  I cannot believe that today we have been asked to condone a backward 
step. Why we in this body would do such is beyond me.

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