House Proceeding on Oct 6th, 2009 :: 0:12:20 to 0:14:00
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Jerry Lewis: be with the -- not with those who are being oppressive but be with the oppressors. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: thank you. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. lewis, for two minutes. mr. lewis: mr. speaker, the united states supreme court will soon hear arguments in a case of salazar.

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Speech By: Jerry Lewis

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Jerry Lewis: which may determine the future of memorials across the country that honor those who fought and died for our nation. the center of this case is a memorial in die district known as the mojave desert cross which has stood proudly for over 75 years. it was erected by veterans of world war i and maintained by generations of veterans since 1934.

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Jerry Lewis: it was attacked 10 yea ago by the aclu which convinced a judge that the -- to declare the memorial to world war i veterans unconstitutional. clearly they want to erase anhing from public property that might be seen as religious in some way. the monument was not established by government or maintained by the government.

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Jerry Lewis: but it now stands in the mow javy -- mojave national preserve. it's not a promotion of religion. if the critics of this memorial are successful t. could open the door to attacks on memorials and historic sites in all of our national parks, including arlington national cemetery and gettysburg national military park. i am proud to say that the

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Jerry Lewis: congress has understood the value of these member morse yap and voting overwhelmingly to preserve the cross in honor of those who defended our nation. the will of congress to keep the cross in tribute of al veterans and i sincerely hope the justices will see the