Confederate flag. I strongly urge every member to stand with the citizens of all races and to remove this symbol of hatred from our National Park service. And with that i reserve the balance of my time. The chair the gentlelady reserves the balance of her time. The gentleman from california is recognized. Mr. Calvert i continue to reserve. The chair the gentleman reserves. The gentlelady from minnesota is recognized. Ms. Mccollum mr. Chair i have the right to close. So i reserve my time until i close. The chair the gentlelady reserves. The gentleman from california is recognized. The gentleman from california wish to reserve . Mr. Calvert i urge adoption of the amendment and i yield back the balance of my time. The chair the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. The gentlelady from minnesota is recognized. Ms. Mccollum i want to restate on june 25 what the National Park Service Director when he requested that Confederate Flag sales be removed from the National Park book stores
Bounceback quicker. This has to be part of a economic strategy. You cannot have climate happen and not Pay Attention to the cost today and the escalating cost tomorrow. There are tremendous benefits if you stand up and do what is our moral responsibility. The gentlemans time has expired. I think the administrator for her leadership. We will recognize the gentleman from oklahoma. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I would like to start by showing a brief video clip. I was recently criticized for actually doing a tremendous amount of outreach. That is the kind of criticism i would really welcome. It was very painful for me to read how successful it was her people to comment on our rules. The tremendous outreach administrator maccarthy is one thing. But when you use this outreach intentionally to generate nearly one million positive comments on court rule. And not only, using that outreach for activist groups outside of the organization, that i have in front of me, the newsletter from an aba manage
Southern lawmakers in particular in a tough spot on the record on if they supported the flag by graves. The story quoting republican representative jody hice of georges saying this morning he plans to support the amendment. The amendment that is coming to the floor simply codifies existing law that has been in place for five years that allows the states to recognize historical significance on dates of their choosing while at the same time recognizing sensitivities that many have with the flag. While some republicans spoke about the Confederate Flag issue it was mostly the house to make rest that spoke on the floor. In a news briefing about it. Here is that briefing. Nancy pelosi good afternoon. Today we had action on the floor. I presented a privilege resolution that would have captured the action put forth two weeks ago. It was referred to the committee on House Administration never to be heard from again. That is intolerable. I put forth mr. Thompsons similar resolution and that was
About the display of the flag in certain circumstances. In our next 45 minutes, we want to hear from you on where you draw the line when it comes to the display of the confederate battle flag or confederate symbols. Perhaps you think it should be kept from public land or maybe it should go further. Let us know what you think on two lines this morning if you live in the east, 202748 8000. If you live in a mountain or pacific time zones 202748 8001. If you want to post your thoughts on where you draw the line, you can post in our twitter page, on our facebook page, and if you want to send us an email on this topic, you can do so at journal cspan. Org. Usa today takes that question on where they draw the line when it comes to the use of confederate symbols. Its on their opinion page this morning. The editors write in part again, your thoughts this morning on the display of the Confederate Flag and the display of confederate symbols as well. Where do you draw the line when it comes to thos
Move into the final stages in vienna. The stakes are very, very high. We will not rush and we will not be rushed. Im glad theyre not trying to meet some artificial deadline. Gwen will any deadline hold . And on the campaign trail war tests grow and donald trump and his tough stand on immigration become the issue du jour. Mr. Trump i will build a better world and cheaper and mexico will pay. The first rule in politics is when youre in a hole, stop digging. Gwen the leading democrat seizes on the disarray to tar the entire field with the same brush. Hillary clinton i dont care how many people running for president on the republican side try to demean immigrants, insult immigrants, cast aspersions on immigrants. Gwen is the trump factor hurting the g. O. P. . Covering the week, susan davis Congressional Correspondent for u. S. A. Today, Yochi Dreazen managing editor for Foreign Policy magazine, and Karen Tumulty of the Washington Post. Awardwinning reporting and analysis, covering history