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Department of the interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016

Floor Speech

Date: July 7, 2015
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Arts, Entertainment, and History

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Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume.

I appreciate very much the bipartisan support and passage of my earlier amendment, which would end the practice of concessionaires in our national parks selling Confederate flags and memorabilia of the Confederacy.

We now, with this Interior Appropriations bill, have a second opportunity to speak on this very important national debate that we are having regarding symbols of the Confederacy. This additional amendment will end the practice of allowing groups to display Confederate flags on federally managed cemeteries.

The American Civil War was fought, in Abraham Lincoln's words, to ``save the last best hope of Earth.'' We can honor that history without celebrating the Confederate flag and all of the dreadful things that it symbolizes.

I request an ``aye'' of my colleagues, and I yield back the balance of my time.

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