mr. smith, james smith those people decided they were going to fight. eric bedingfield, those people decided they were going to fight. many of you others that have served in the military mr. williams, mr. hart it's not an easy thing to take up arms. you hear people all the time saying, we should fight. we should go to war. most of those people have never seen violence firsthand. violence firsthand, especially the aspects of war, is not a pretty thing. people die. not like a kids game. not like a tv show where they jump back up bounce back up. they don't come back. robert brown you served. thank you forrior service. if we were attacked today each of you, including myself, would be ready to take up arms and face whatever came at us. i'm fat and old. i'd be cannon fodder today. but i'd be willing to take up those arms. and if i had been treated the way the cherokee nation did, i would have been ready to take up arms at that point. so i'm going to ask you today to support this amendment. it does change. it does alter. it takes the fence down and creates a memorial to a man

mr. smith, james smith those people decided they were going to fight. eric bedingfield, those people decided they were going to fight. many of you others that have served in the military mr. williams, mr. hart it's not an easy thing to take up arms. you hear people all the time saying, we should fight. we should go to war. most of those people have never seen violence firsthand. violence firsthand, especially the aspects of war, is not a pretty thing. people die. not like a kids game. not like a tv show where they jump back up bounce back up. they don't come back. robert brown you served. thank you forrior service. if we were attacked today each of you, including myself, would be ready to take up arms and face whatever came at us. i'm fat and old. i'd be cannon fodder today. but i'd be willing to take up those arms. and if i had been treated the way the cherokee nation did, i would have been ready to take up arms at that point. so i'm going to ask you today to support this amendment. it does change. it does alter. it takes the fence down and creates a memorial to a man

mr. bedingfield. >> in all honesty, i feel my face getting red. probably been that way all day but i feel it right now. i love everybody in this room. i'm thankful for the influence you all have had on my life. i'm asking you today, this amendment respects your position. please respect mine. >> representative delaney? representative delaney is recognized on the amendment. >> i just want to -- mr. speakers i want to give folks perspective about this particular flag, if anyone in here would like to compromise show a little grace. this will be the way to do that. the confederate relic room said this is the most significant september battle flags. this is it. >> it's also the most significant flag to me personally personally, to my family. this flag was used by volunteers, thirteen different counties. it was carried through gid tisburg and coming back to sg and was displayed. but this 1 the most significant flag and this flag has never been could opted by any. >> the riche it's important to me is because it was the last battle flag my family hero ever

mr. bedingfield. >> in all honesty, i feel my face getting red. probably been that way all day but i feel it right now. i love everybody in this room. i'm thankful for the influence you all have had on my life. i'm asking you today, this amendment respects your position. please respect mine. >> representative delaney? representative delaney is recognized on the amendment. >> i just want to -- mr. speakers i want to give folks perspective about this particular flag, if anyone in here would like to compromise show a little grace. this will be the way to do that. the confederate relic room said this is the most significant september battle flags. this is it. >> it's also the most significant flag to me personally personally, to my family. this flag was used by volunteers, thirteen different counties. it was carried through gid tisburg and coming back to sg and was displayed. but this 1 the most significant flag and this flag has never been could opted by any. >> the riche it's important to me is because it was the last battle flag my family hero ever