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Cliff Stearns: I am going to wrap up here. I did not intend to get into this kind of debate. Mr. Speaker, only to make my point, as a…

On the recordJune 21, 2005
I am going to wrap up here. I did not intend to get into this kind of debate. Mr. Speaker, only to make my point, as a conservative, when we look at the issue and say there are 200 years of tradition here of protecting the flag, I think we should not throw that tradition out and remember it is only this judge in Johnson v. Eichman in 1989 that made that change, and now again we have 50 States that are asking for us as Members of Congress to vote to support H.J. Res. 10.
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