Angie Craig: “I join in this debate with mixed feelings. On one hand, I am very frustrated we are here yet again, as we have been year…”

“I join in this debate with mixed feelings. On one hand, I am very frustrated we are here yet again, as we have been year after year for so long, trying to secure approval for this very important amendment so that it can be sent to the states for ratification. Time after time, we have come within just a few votes of success. But, for whatever reason, those few votes have eluded us, and we have had to go back to square one and begin the legislative process again. So I cannot approach this debate without a good measure of frustration. But on the other hand, the very fact that we are here again debating this measure is reassuring. It is proof positive of the American people's continuing belief in the importance of flag protection. Imagine that. In spite of all the editorials about the erosion of ideals, in spite of all the speeches, some on this very Senate floor, about the loss of values in America, in spite of the dire predictions about moral decline--in spite of all that, there is a strong and growing grassroots movement demanding protection of our Nation's most important symbol: our flag.”