. >> next amendment passed over was 56 quinn pitts and delaney. amendment 56. >> mr. quinn is recognized. >> mr. speaker, ladies and gentlemen and of the house, i have spoken to many of you about this amendment and had good conversations yesterday. i took a group mr. gillyard tommy pope i think there were 30 people that went by the confederate relic room. the purpose of my asking folks to do that was because i wanted them to understand something about where i'm coming from and also about people that aren't racist that want to remember their history. i realize that the southern cross flag that's currently on the monument has been used by racist groups. and i understand the perspective of african-americans and others who see this as a symbol of hate. for me growing up my grandfather would tell me about my great great grandfather who fought. there are people who want to think about that, their deaths. in the war 50% of the male population was killed or wounded. one-third of the male population died during the war. so slavery and the civil war left scars for everyone. and

this is pitts delaney quinn and others. 38. >> mr. pitts moves to table amendment 38. all in favor say yea oppose no yeas have it amendment 38 tabled. >> 39 we passed over and then adjourned debate. 39 pittss. >> pitts moves to table amendment 39. all in favor say yea, oppose no the yeas have it. tabled. >> next one is mr. lowe 58. we had originally passed over 58. mr. lowe moves to table amendment 58. all in favor say yea, oppose no yeas have it. amendment 58 is tabled. >> next one was 60 mr. lowe 6-0. >> say senta. >> 60. >> mr. lowe recognized. mr. lowe moves to table amendment 60. all in favor say yea, oppose no, the yeas have it. >> 67 finley. merrill delaney and quinn 67. >> mr. finley moves to table amendment 67 all in favor say yea, oppose no yeas have it clerk will read. >> number 68 is a new amendment, 68 by mr. pitts. >> amendment 68 mr. pittss recognized on his amendment house will come to order. members will come to order. >> thank you. >> mr. pitts. >> thank you, mr. speaker. this is -- i think the last amendment. >> yes, sir. >> i will be very brief. thi

as i sat here and i listened to people like representative pitts when representative quinn talk aboutemembering senator pinckney's smile. representative pitts said 13 years ago one of the few things that i remember is senator pinckney's smile. and i think we all agree he did have one heck of a smile and many of us remember it. but the smile that i remember most -- and i want everyone in here to hear this, everyone in the cookie room to hear this and everyone outside and everyone watching to hear this. the smile i remember most is the smile that was on his face when he was right outside the doors in this ro tundra. that's the smile i remember most. and i stood out there with other representatives, with other senators standing watch with him so that he wouldn't be out there alone the entire time. and i didn't have the privilege of serving up here with him for an extended time. this is my first time. but ki tell you this. as i a 27-year-old minority male from south carolina said i was going to run, he was one of the first who stood up and said son, you can do it. keep your head up. offer

as i sat here and i listened to people like representative pitts and representative quinn talk about remembering senator clementa pinckney's smile. in fact, representative pitts said 13 years ago one of the few things that i remember is senator pinckney's smile. and i think we all agree that he did have one heck of a smile and many of us remember it. but the smile that i remember most, and i want everyone in here to hear this, everyone in the cookie room to hear this and everyone watching outside and everyone to hear this, the smile that i remember most is a smile that was on his face when he was right outside those doors in the rotunda rotunda. that's the smile i remember most. and i stood out there with other representatives, with other senators standing watch with him so that he wouldn't be alone out there the entire time. and i didn't have the privilege of serving up here with him for an extended period of time. this is my first term. tell you this, when i as a 27-year-old the only minority male from bamberg, south carolina said i was going to run, he was one of the first who stoo

pitts and delaney. amendment 56. >> mr. quinn is recognized. >> mr. speaker, ladies and gentlemen and of the house, i have spoken to many of you about this amendment and had good conversations yesterday. i took a group mr. gillyard tommy pope i think there were 30 people that went by the confederate relic room. the purpose of my asking folks to do that was because i wanted them to understand something about where i'm coming from and also about people that aren't racist that want to remember their history. i realize that the southern cross flag that's currently on the monument has been used by racist groups. and i understand the perspective of african-americans and others who see this as a symbol of hate. for me growing up my grandfather would tell me about my great great grandfather who fought. there are people who want to think about that, their deaths. in the war 50% of the male population was killed or wounded. one-third of the male population died during the war. so slavery and the civil war left scars for everyone. and those -- there are folks ou

pitts. >> 55 is out of order. 56, mr. quinn, pits and dellain. 56, quin, pits delanie. >> mr. quinn moves to pass over 56. number 57 has been withdrawn. number 57 has been withdrawn. bringing us to 58. mr. lowe. >> passover. >> mr. lowe asked to pass over 58. bringing us to 59. mr. simmer ol. mr. delanie. mr. pope and others, 59. >> we're on amendment number 59. amendment 59. mr. simmer ol is recognized to explain the amendment. >> thank you mr. speaker and ladies and gentlemen of the house, amendment 59 deals with the flagpole and the flag and of course as we know and the debate that we've had and of many of us that are still here were here in 2000 when we passed the heritage act. the heritage act was more broad than any one flag. it dealt with many different aspects of not only things confederate and southern but it also dealt with the new african-american monument that is on the state house grounds. it also protected parks monuments, street names all across south carolina. the senate's bill and what the governor is supporting is to take the flag and the flagpole down. that