[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11280]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




         THE CONFEDERATE FLAG BELONGS IN THE ASHBIN OF HISTORY

  (Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Madam Speaker, I rise today to condemn House 
Republicans' secretive attempt in the dead of Wednesday night to permit 
the display of the racist Confederate flag in national parks and 
cemeteries.
  In the wake of the Charleston murders, our Nation is moving toward 
the removal of the flag from public places. Later today, the State of 
South Carolina will remove the flag from its capitol grounds. And yet, 
while this is happening, the Republican majority has sought to 
associate itself and this body with the racist legacy of the 
Confederate flag.
  To add insult to injury, yesterday, when House Democrats tried to 
bring up a resolution removing any State flag displaying the 
Confederate battle flag from the Capitol except in very limited 
circumstances, the majority turned their backs and ignored the cries of 
millions of Americans who are calling for its permanent ban.
  Republican leadership ought to be ashamed for associating themselves 
with this symbol of racism, hatred, and intolerance. This body should 
move swiftly to relegate the Confederate flag to museums and the ashbin 
of history.

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