Alcee Hastings: “Reclaiming my time, I cannot believe my colleague would even try to make such a specious argument, but the fact of the…”

“Reclaiming my time, I cannot believe my colleague would even try to make such a specious argument, but the fact of the matter is there have only been 15 incidents in a country of 300 million people between the years of 2000 and 2005. There are substantial laws on the books that will prosecute fools who desecrate the flag. Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Ackerman), my very good friend on the House Committee on International Relations. (Mr. ACKERMAN asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)”