Congress Pledges U.S.-Made Flags

hosted.ap.org — Congress can't halt the flow of Chinese-made flags, but lawmakers can try to control where they are flown. The House declared that any flag flown on federal property should be made in the U.S.A. Chinese-made flags seemed to pop up everywhere after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. Then lawmakers took action, requiring the Defense Department to buy American-made textiles and the Veterans Affairs Department to use American-made flags for burials. In the city where Congress meets, only U.S.-made flags fly over the nation's Capitol. Still, more than 8,000 other federal buildings — courthouses, post offices, border stations, office buildings, among others — are under no such obligation.

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