‘On the ground of the USA Home of Representatives, there ought to solely be one flag on show: ours,’ Rep. Kat Cammack mentioned.
“On the ground of the USA Home of Representatives, there ought to solely be one flag on show: ours,” Rep. Kat Cammack (R-Fla.) mentioned in a press launch on April 26 when introducing the invoice. “We make severe choices on behalf of the American individuals and their taxpayer {dollars} on the Home ground.”
“This enterprise ought to be carried out beneath no different banner than our stars and stripes to remind us of who we symbolize and why this nation is the best within the historical past of the world. I’m glad to have earned the help of dozens of my colleagues who be part of me in standing up for the American individuals and placing our nation earlier than all others,” Ms. Cammack added.
The decision mandates that Home members will not be allowed to deliver or show any flag of a international nation of any dimension throughout a Home session. The Home sergeant-at-arms will implement the proposed ban.
Exceptions solely apply to a lapel pin of a international nation worn by Home members and an outline of a international flag as a part of an exhibit throughout a speech or debate below the Home guidelines.
Home Democrats have been below fireplace for waving Ukraine flags within the Home chamber after the international assist package deal vote.
Ms. Cammack’s laws gained help from a number of GOP co-sponsors, who criticized the transfer by Home Democrats. Rep. Stephanie Bice (R-Okla.) mentioned, “It’s unacceptable for a Member to be waving any flag on the Home ground that’s not the American flag.” Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) echoed this sentiment, stating, “Members of Congress ought to by no means wave the flag of one other nation on the ground of the U.S. Home of Representatives.”
Three days after the Home handed the international assist package deal, the Senate permitted the laws in a 79–18 vote. President Joe Biden shortly signed the invoice into legislation on April 24. The package deal offers $61 billion to Ukraine, $26 billion to Israel, and $8 billion to Taiwan. The invoice additionally features a potential TikTok ban and provisions that may permit the seizure of frozen Russian belongings to assist pay for Ukraine’s reconstruction.
The USA has an official flag day on June 14. President Woodrow Wilson declared a presidential proclamation to ascertain a Nationwide Flag Day on June 14, 1916.
In 1949, Congress handed laws formally designating June 14 as Nationwide Flag Day, which President Harry Truman signed into legislation. The legislation additionally known as upon the president to subject a proclamation to mark the day yearly.