On a visit to the University of Georgia, Congressman Broun
talks with head football coach Mark Richt and discusses
legislative issues facing the university.
Broun's Four-Way Test
I am committed to protecting the constitutional rights and pocketbooks of every American. I will apply the following four-way test to every piece of legislation that comes before the House for a vote:

1) Is it Moral / Right?                 3) Is it Necessary?
2) Is it Constitutional?                4) Is it Affordable?
District Office Contact Info.
District Offices
Augusta / Evans District Office
Mailing Address:
    P.O. Box 211661
    Augusta, GA 30917
    Phone: 706-447-3857
    Fax: 706-868-8756
Physical Address:
    4246 Washington Road, Suite 6
    Evans, GA 30809

Athens District Office
3706 Atlanta Highway, Suite 3B
Athens, GA 30606
Phone: 706-549-9588
Fax: 706-549-9590

Toccoa District Office
560 Falls Road
Toccoa, GA 30577
Phone: 706-886-1008
Fax: 706-886-1009
D.C. Office Contact Info.
Washington D.C Office
2104 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Phone: (202) 225-4101
Fax: (202) 226-0776
            
Preserving the 13-Fold Flag Recitation

Veterans' organizations across the Nation provide funeral honors for veterans' services at national cemeteries, including the folding and presentation of the flag, the recitation of the flag-folding steps (known as the 13-fold flag recitation) and the playing of Taps.

In response to one complaint last year, the Department of Veterans' Affairs briefly prohibited the flag-folding recitation at funerals.

Only in response to the national outrage did the VA go part way toward reversing its policy, curtailing the 13-fold flag recitation to be performed at funerals only if requested by the family of the deceased.

Grieving families should not have to remember to request the 13-fold flag recitation in the midst of their grief; the recitation of the flag-folding steps should be offered to them. The choice should belong to the family of the deceased.

That is why I introduced H.R. 4781, a bill that requires the VA to offer families the choice of whether or not to have the ceremony and let the decision rest with the families and not the bureaucrats here in Washington.