mind-boggling to me. let me tell you what happened last night. i serve on the appropriations committee. so the bill that funds our national parks was moved to the floor of congress for debate. late last night, a california member of congress congressman calvert, a republican member put forth an amendment that would allow the flying of the confederate battle flag at national parks and va cemeteries after we had removed that. for the life of me i can't understand why a member from california would do that. his public statement -- >> from california. >> right, right. i don't know why that took place. bottom line after we exposed it congresswoman betty from minnesota, thank goodness she was on the floor. she is our ranking democrat. she exposed this. so today we were in a big, big floor battle to try to make sure that the public understood what