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DISCHARGE INTERESTED FURTHER
CONSIDERATION OF SENATE JOINT
RESOLUTION 8 AND ASK FOR ITS
IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION IN THE
HOUSE.
THE
CLERK WILL REPORT THE TITLE OF
THE JOINT RESOLUTION.
SENATE JOINT
RESOLUTION 8, JOINT RESOLUTION
PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF
STEVEN M. CASE AS A CITIZEN
REGION OF THE BOARD OF
REGIONENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION.
IS
THERE OBJECTION TO THE
CONSIDERATION OF JOINTS REMAIN
LUSION?
-- JOINT RESOLUTION?
WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE JOINT
RESOLUTION ISUTION IS READ A THIRD TIME
AND PASSED AND THE MOTION TO
RECONSIDER IS LAID ON THE TABLE.
M SPEAKER.
FOR
WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN
FROM CALIFORNIA RISE?
I ASK UNANIMOUS
CONSENT THAT THE COMMITTEE ON
HOUSE ADMINISTRATION BE
DISCHARGED FROM FURTHER
CONSIDERATION OF HOUSE
RESOLUTION 197 AND ASK FOR ITS
IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION IN THE
HOUSE.
THE
CLERK WILL REPORT THE TITLE OF
THE RESOLUTION.
HOUSE RESOLUTION 197,
RESOLUTION ELECTING MEMBERS TO
THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING
AND THE JOINT COMMITTEE OF
CONGRESS ON THE LIBRARY.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO COMMEND
THE GENTLEMAN FOR BRINGING THIS
MEASURE AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS
THAT THE HOLOCAUST BE REMEMBERED
RIGHT HERE IN THE HEART OF OUR
CAPITAL AND I YIELD BACK MY
TIME.
THE
GENTLEWOMAN WITHDRAWS.
WITHOUT OBJECON, THE
RESOLUTION IS AGREED TO AND THE
MOTION TRECONSIDER IS LAID ON
THE TABLE.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA RISE?
MR. SPEAKER, I ASK
UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT THE
COMMITTEE ON HOUSE
ADMINISTRATION BE DISCHARGED
FROM FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 33
AND ASK FOR ITS IMMEDIATE
CONSIDERATION IN THE HOUSE.
THE
CLERK WILL REPORT THE TITLE OF
THE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION.
HOUSE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION 33, CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION PERMITTING THE USE OF
THE ROTUNDA OF THE CAPITOL FOR A
CEREMONY AS PART OF THE
COMMEMORATIONF THE DAYS OF
REMEMBRANCE OF VICTIMS OF THE
HOLOCAUST.
IS
THERE OBJECTION TO CONSIDERATION
OF THE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION?
WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION IS AGREED
TO AND THE MION TO RECONSIDER
IS LAID ON THE TABLE.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA RISE?
MR. SPEAKER, I ASK
UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT ALL
MEMBERS HAVE FIVE LEGISLATIVE
DAYS IN WHICH TO REVISE AND
EXTEND THEIR REMARKS AND INCLUDE
EXTRANEOUS MATERIALS ON S.J.S
REMAIN 8, H.RES. 197 AND
H.CON.RES. 33.
WITHOUT
OBJECTION.
PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 8 OF RULE 20,
PROCEEDINGS WILL RESUME ON
QUESTIONS PREVIOUSLY POSTPONED.
VOTES WILL BE TAKEN IN THE
FOLLOWING ORDER.
H.R. 1308 BY THE YEAS AND NAYS.
S. 307 BY THE YEAS AND NAYS,
APPROVAL OF THE JOURNAL BY THE
YE AND NA, THE FIRST
ELECTRONIC VOTE WILL BE
CONDUCTED AS A 15-MINUTE VOTE.
REMAINING ELECTRONIC VOTES WILL
BE CONDUCTED AS FIVE-MINUTE
VOTES.
THE UNFINISHED BUSINESS IS THE
VOTE ON THE MOTION OF THE
GENTLEMAN FROM PENNSYLVANIA, MR.
KELLY, SPO SUSPEND THE RULES AND
AND NAYS ARE ORDERED.
PASS H.R. 1308 ON WHICH THE YEAS
THE CLERK WILL REPORT THE TITLE
OF THE BIL
H.R. 1308, A BILL TO
AMEND THE RONALD REAGAN
CENTENNIAL COMMISSION ACT, TO
EXTEND THE TERMINATION DATE FOR
THE COMMISSION AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES.
THE
QUESTION IS WILL THE HOUSE
SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS THE
BILL.
MEMBERS WILL RECORD THEIR VOTES
BY ELECTRONIC DEVICE.
THIS IS A 15-MINUTE VOTE.
[CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY THE
NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE,
INC., IN COOPERATION WITH THE
UNITED STATES HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES.
ANY USE OF THE CLOSED-CAPTIONED
COVERAGE OF THE HOUSE
PROCEEDINGS FOR POLITICAL OR
COMMERCIAL PURPOSES IS EXPRESSLY
PROHIBITED BY THE U.S. HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES.]
ON THIS
ARE 17.
VOTE THE YEAS ARE 383, THE NAYS
2/3 OF THOSE VOTING HAVING
RESPONDED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE,
THE RULES ARE SUSPENDED AND THE
BILL IS PASSED.
WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE MOTION TO
RECONSIDER --
ON THIS
VOTE THE YEAS ARE 394, THE NAYS
ARE 18.
2/3 OF THOSE VOTING HAVING
RESPONDED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE,
THE RULES ARE SUSPENDED, THE
BILL IS PASSED AND WITHOUT
OBJECTION THE MOTION TO
RECONSIDER IS LAID ON THE TABLE.
THE UNFISHED BUSINESS IS THE
VOTE ON THE MOTION OF THE
GENTLEMAN FROM ARKANSAS, .
CRAWFORD, TO SUSPEND THE RULES
AND PASS S. 307 ON WHICH THE
YEAS AND NS ARE ORDERED.
THE CLERK WILL REPORT THE TITLE
OF THE BILL.
SENATE 307, AN ACT TO
DESIGNATE THE FEDERAL BUILDING
AND UNITED STATES CORN HOUSE
LOCATED AT 217 WEST KING STREET,
MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA, AS
THE W. CRAIG FEDERAL BUILDING
ANDNITED STATES COURTHOUSE.
THE
QUESTION IS WILL THE HOUSE
BILL.
SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS THE
MEMBERS WILL RECORD THEIR VOTES
BY ELECTRONIC DEVICE.
THIS IS A FIVE-MINUTE VOTE.
[CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY THE
NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE,
INC., IN COOPERATION WITH THE
UNITED STATES HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES.
ANY USE OF THE CLOSED-CAPTIONED
COVERAGE OF THE HOUSE
PROCEEDINGS FOR POLITICAL OR
COMMERCIAL PURPOSES IS EXPRESSLY
PROHIBITED BY THE U.S. HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES.]
ON
THIS VOTE, THE YEAS ARE 402,
THE NAYS ARE THREE, ONE BEING
RECORDED AS PRESENT.
2/3 BEING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE --
ON
TH VOTE, THE YEAS ARE 408,
THE NAYS ARE 3, E BEING
RECORDED AS PRESENT, 2/3 BEING
IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, THE RULES
ARE SUSPENDED, WITHOUT
OBJECTION, THE MOTION TO
RECONSIDER IS LAID ON THE
TABLE.
PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 8 OF RULE
20, THE UNFINISHED BUSINESS IS
THE QUESTION ON AGREEING TO THE
SPEAKER'S A I PRUFLE OF THE
JOURNAL ON WHICH THE YEAS AND
NAYS WERE ORDERED.
THE QUESTION SON AGREEING TO
THE SPEAKER'S APPROVAL OF THE
JOURNAL.
MEMBERS WILL RECORD THEIR VOTES
BY ELECTRONIC DEVICE.
THIS IS A FIVE-MINUTE VOTE.
[CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY
THE NATIONAL CAPTIONING
INSTITUTE, INC., IN COOPERATION
REPRESENTATIVES.
WITH THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF
ANY USE OF E CLOSED-CAPTIONED
COVERAGE OF THE HOUSE
PROCEEDINGS FOR POLITICAL OR
COMMERCIAL PURPOSES IS
EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED BY THE
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.]
ON
THIS VOTE, THE YEAS ARE 325,
THE NAYS WILL 79, TWO VOTE -- THE NAYS ARE 79, TWO VOTING
PRESENT, THE JOURNAL IS
APPROVED.
THE
HOUSE WILL BE IN ORDER.
WILL ALL MEMBERS PLEASE TAKE
THEIR CONVERSATIONS OFF THE
FLOOR.
THE HOUSE WILL BE IN ORDER.
THE CHAIR IS PREPARED TO
ENTERTAIN ONE-MINUTE REQUESTS.
THE HOUSE WILL BE IN ORDER.
MEMBERS PLEASE TAKE THEIR
CONVERSATIONS OFF THE FLOOR.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM NORTH DAKOTA
IS RECOGNIZED FOR ONE MINUTE.
THE GENTLEMAN WILL SUSPEND.
THE HOUSE WILL BE IN ORDER.
YESTERDAY, I HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO TOUR OVERLAND
FLOODED SITES IN NORTH DAKOTA.
RIVER LEVELS HIT RECORD HIGHS
AND THOUSANDS OF NORTH DAKOTANS
VOLUNTEERED THEIR TIME AND
EFFORT TO SAVE HOMES AN LIVES.
TODAY I'D LIKE TO
RECOGNIZE THE THOUSANDS OF HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT HELPED
FILL AND STACK SANDBAGS THAT
PROTECTED PROPERTY AND LIVES.
TOGETHER THEY HELPED THE COUNTY
RESIDENTS, THEY HELPED PROTECT
THEIR HOMES AS THE RIVER ROSE.
WITHOUT THE HELP OF THESE YOUNG
VOLUNTEERS, MANY NORTH DAKOTANS
WOULD HAVE BEEN LEFT
UNPREPARED.
UNPREPARED FOR THE OVERLAND
FLOODING THAT AFFECTED OUR
STATE.
THESE STUDENTS ARE STUDENTS
THAT CARE ABOUT THEIR
COMMUNITIES.
THEIR DEDICATION EXEMPLIFIES
THE SPIRIT WE SEE IN NORTH
DAKOTA AND THE NEXT GENERATION
OF LEADERS.
I'M PLEASED AT THEIR EFFORTS TO
PROTECT -- THAT THEIR EFFORTS
TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES
WORKED.
I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THEM
TODAY.
THANK YOU AND I'LL YIELD BACK
MY TIME.
THE
GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK.
THE HOUSE WILL BE IN ORDER.
WILL THE MEMBERS PLEASE REMOVE
THEIR CONVERSATIONS FROM THE
FLOOR.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLEMAN FROM IOWA RISE?
TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE FOR ONE
MINUTE AND REVISE AND EXTEND.
WITHOUT OBJECTION.
THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
I RISE TODAY TO CONTINUE A
DISCUSSION STARTED BY OUR GOOD
FRIEND AND FORMER IOWA
CONGRESSMAN BERKLEY BURDELL
TODAY IN THE "DES MOINES
REGISTER"," I ASK UNANIMOUS
CONSENT TO ENTER THE COLUMN
INTO THE RECORD.
WITHOUT OBJECTION.
IN HIS COLUMN, HE
SAID, THOSE WHO OWN AMERICA
SHOULD HELP PAY FOR GOVERNMENT,
END OF QUOTE HE ARGUES THAT
CONGRESS' BUDGET FOCUSES ON
CUTTING COSTS INSTEAD OF
GENERATING REVENUE IS
FUNDAMENTALLY SKEWED AND NOT
GOOD BUSINESS.
HE SAID, QUOTE, SHOW ME A
COMPANY THAT IGNORES REVENUE
AND FOCUSES ON CUTTING COSTS
AND I'LL SHOW YOU A COMPANY
HEADED FOR FAILURE.
SHOW ME A GOVERNMENT THAT
FOCUSING ON CUTTING COSTS AND
IGNORING REVENUE AND I'LL SHOW
YOU A GOVERNMENT THAT'S HEADING
FOR FAILURE.
FOR ME, THIS MEANS ELIMINATING
BILLIONS A YEAR IN SUBSIDIES TO
MULTIMILLION DOLLAR OIL AND GAS
COMPANIES, ENDING MORTGAGE
DEDUCTIONS FOR VACATION HOMES
AND YACHTS THAT COST THE
TAXPAYERS BILLIONS A YEAR IN
LOST REVENUE, IT MEANS ENDING
THE BUSH ERA TAX CUT TO
INCREASE OUR TAX BY $400
BILLION.
I THANK YOU AND I YIELD BACK.
FOR
WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN
FROM TEXAS RISE?
REQUEST PERMISSION TO
ADDRESS THE HOUSE FOR ONE
MINUTE.
WITHOUT OBJECTION.
HOUSTON, WE HAVE A
PROBLEM.
THESE ARE THE WORDS FROM SPACE
FROM APOLLO 13 WERE IN TROUBLE.
THE NASA FOLKS IN HOUSTON,
TEXAS, HELPED BRING APOLLO BACK
TO EARTH SAFETY.
NOW, HOUSTON, WE HAVE ANOTHER
PROBLEM.
FOR OBVIOUS POLITICAL REASONS,
NONE OF THE FOUR SHUTTLES WILL
BE RETIRED AT SPACE CENTER
U.S.A., IN HOUSTON, TEXAS, THE
HOME OF NASA, THE HOME OF THE
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER AND THE
HOME OF THE ASTRONAUTS.
WHY THE APPARENT SHUTTLE SNUB
TO HOUSTON AND TO HISTORY IN
IT'S BLATANTLY POLITICAL.
THE FOUR WINNERS OF THE
SHUTTLES, ONE OF WHICH HASING
IN TO DO WITH NASA, ALL ARE
STATES THAT VOTED FOR THE
PRESIDENT.
WHEN THE U.S. WON ITS RACE TO
THE MOON IN 1969, THE FIRST
WORD ON THE MUNE WAS, HOUSTON,
NOT NEW YORK CITY.
NOW IT SHOULD BE SAID, HOUSTON,
THE SHUTTLES HAVE LANDED BUT
ONLY IN THE BLUE STATES THAT
VOTED FOR THE PRESIDENT.
THIS OUGHT NOT TO BE.
.
BUT THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS.
FOR
WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN
FROM NEW MEXICO RISE?
ADDRESS THE HOUSE FOR ONE
MINUTE AND REVISE AND EXTEND MY
REMARKS.
WITHOUT
OBJECTION.
I RISE TODAY TO HONOR MARINE
SERGEANT ROBERT TREADWAY.
HE WAS KILLED IN A PLANE CRASH
IN 1976 WHILE ON ACTIVE DUTY.
HOWEVER, IT WASN'T UNTIL EARLIER
THIS WEEK, NEARLY 35 YEARS
LATER, THAT SERGEANT TREADWAY
RECEIVED THE MEMORIAL SERVICE.
ON MONDAY, MEMORIAL SERVICE WAS
HELD FOR SERGEANT TREADWAY AT
THE SANTA FE NATIONAL CEMETERY
TO BRING ENCLOSURE TO HIS
MOTHER.
FOR NEARLY TWO DECADES, HIS
MOTHER TRIED TO ARRANGE FOR THE
MEMORIAL SERVICE THAT SERGEANT
TREADWAY HAD EARNED.
I WAS HONORED TO HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO HELP MS. TREADWAY
PAY TRIBUTE TO HER SON.
THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVE OUR
COUNTRY IN THE ARMED SERVICES
SACRIFICE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT
AND SO DO THEIR LOVED ONES THAT
THEY LEAVE BEHIND WHILE THEY
PROTECT OUR NATION.
I WAS HONORED TO HELP MS.
TREADWAY AND GIVE HER SON A
MEMORIAL THAT IS BEFITTING TO
HONOR HIS MEMORY.
TO SERGEANTTREAD WAY AND HIS
MOTHER THANK YOU FOR BEING THE
BEST OF AMERICA'S SPIRIT IN ITS
FINEST.
FOR
WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN
FROM GEORGIA RISE?
PERMISSION TO
ADDRESS THE HOUSE FOR ONE
MINUTE.
THE SPENDING DEBATE IN
WASHINGTON BOILS DOWN TO A
COUPLE OF FUNDAMENTALS.
WE SPEND 23% OF OUR G.D.P., THAT
CONGRESS.
IS THE LEVEL OF SPENDING OF
THE REVENUES TO G.D.P. ARE ONLY
18%.
5% DIFFERENCE IN WHAT YOUR
REVENUES ARE AND WHAT YOUR
SPENDING ARE.
RIGHT NOW FOR EVERY DOLLAR WE
SPEND, 40 CENTS IS BORROWED.
YOU CAN'T CONTINUE TO DEFY
GRAVITY.
THIS WEEK WE WILL CONSIDER THE
RYAN BUDGET.
IT HAS SPENDING REFORMS AND
REGULATORY REFORMS.
ALL THINGS ARE VERY GOOD.
THE PRESIDENT WILL
RE-INTRODUCING ANOTHER BUDGET
THIS WEEK BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT
BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE
REPUBLICAN RYAN BUDGET, THAT'S
FINE, BUT PUT YOUR BUDGET ON THE
TABLE BECAUSE THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY HAS SOME IDEAS.
ALL WE HAVE HEARD FROM THE
DEMOCRATS IS CRITICISM.
WE HAVE GOT TO COME TOGETHER AS
A COUNTRY TO DO WHAT'S BEST NOT
JUST FOR THE NEXT ELECTION BUT
FOR THE NEXT GENERATION AND
INDEED, FOR OUR FUTURE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND I YIELD BACK.
THE
GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLEMAN FROM NEW YORK RISE.
ADDRESS THE HOUSE FOR ONE
MINUTE AND REVISE MY REMARKS.
WE WILL BE
CONSIDERING THE MEDICARE
ELIMINATION AND MIDDLE CLASS
INCREASE ACT.
BILL.
WE HAVE HEARD IT CALL THE RYAN
IT DOES THINGS THAT ARE POPULAR
IN AMERICA, LET'S ELIMINATE THE
MEDICARE PROGRAM.
LET'S SAY TO SENIOR CITIZENS AND
SAY WE ARE GOING TO GIVE YOU A
VOUCHER AND SHOP FOR HEALTH CARE
AND GOOD LUCK.
THAT'S ONE PROPOSAL AND THEN IT
SAYS LET'S TAKE $750 BILLION OF
MEDICAID EXPENSES AND SHIFT THEM
TO THE STATES SO THE STATES HAVE
TO RAISE TAXES AND LOCALITIES
HAVE TO RAISE TAXES.
THIS IS THE IDEA OF SOME NEW
INTERESTING IDEA?
YOU KNOW, IT WAS SAID BY THE
PREVIOUS SPEAKER THAT DEMOCRATS
HAVEN'T COME FORWARD WITH ANY
IDEAS.
YEAH, WE CAME UP WITH MEDICARE
TO HELP SENIORS, SOCIAL SECURITY
TO HELP SENIOR CITIZENS.
THESE ARE THE PROGRAMS THAT WE
CARE ABOUT AND GOING TO FIGHT
FOR.
THIS WEEK ON THE HOUSE FLOOR,
REPUBLICANS ARE GOING TO SAY WE
ARE AGAINST MEDICARE.
THEY WANT TO ELIMINATE IT AS IT
STANDS.
ISN'T IT IRONIC THEY CRITICIZED
THE HEALTH CARE ACT BECAUSE IT
HARMED MEDICARE AND NOW SUDDENLY
THEY WANT TO ELIMINATE IT.
THE
GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED.
ARE THERE ANY FURTHER ONE-MINUTE
REQUESTS?
THE CHAIR LAYS BEFORE THE HOUSE
THE FOLLOWING PERSONAL REQUESTS.
LEAVES OF ABSENCE
REQUESTED FOR MR. CULBERSON OF
TEXAS FOR TODAY AND MR. REICHERT
OF WASHINGTON FOR TODAY AND
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13.
WITHOUT
OBJECTION, THE REQUESTS ARE
GRANTED.
UNDER THE SPEAKER'S ANNOUNCED
POLICY OF JANUARY 5, 2011, THE
GENTLEMAN FROM GEORGIA, MR.
BROUN, IS RECOGNIZED FOR 60
MINUTES AS THE DESIGNEE OF THE
MAJORITY.
THANK YOU, MR.
SPEAKER.
AMERICA IS FACING SOME VERY
PERILOUS TIMES BECAUSE OF THE
JOBLESSNESS, BECAUSE OF THE POOR
ECONOMY, BECAUSE OF THE
OUTRAGEOUS SPENDING THAT HAS
BEEN GOING ON FOR THE LAST TWO
YEARS THROUGH THE LAST CONGRESS.
AND I COME TONIGHT, MR. SPEAKER,
TO DISCUSS SOMETHING THAT I
THINK IS CALL FOR THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE WE
HAVE GOTTEN WHAT THE
CONSTITUTION SAYS AND WHAT THE
ORIGINAL INTENT OF THE CONTUSION
MIGHT BE.
MEMBERS HAVE HELD UP KEEPS OF
THE CONSTITUTION AND I CARRY A
COPY IN MY POCKET.
AND THEY TALK ABOUT THIS BEING A
LIVING AND BREATHING DOCUMENT.
NOTHING COULD BE FURTHER FROM
THE TRUTH FROM THE PHILOSOPHY OF
OUR FOUNDING FATHERS.
OUR FOUNDING FATHERS MEANT THIS
TO BE A VERY SOLID FOUNDATION.
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
EXPRESSES THE PHILOSOPHY OF
LIBERTY IN AMERICA.
AND THE CONSTITUTION IS AN
EMBODYMENT OF THOSE PRINCIPLES
INTO A GOVERNING DOCUMENT.
MR. SPEAKER, IF WE DON'T HAVE A
SOLID FOUNDATION UPON WHICH TO
BUILD ALL OF OUR LAWS, ALL OF
OUR SOCIETY, THEN WE'RE BUILDING
OUR SOCIETY AND LAWS ON SHIFTING
SAND.
YOU CAN ASK A SIX-YEAR-OLD IF
YOU BUILD A HOUSE ON SHIFTING
SAND, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN?
IT'S GOING TO FALL, IT'S GOING
TO FAIL AND THAT IS WHAT IS
HAPPENING IN OUR COUNTRY TODAY,
BECAUSE WE HAVE GOTTEN AWAY FROM
THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF THE
CONSTITUTION.
GOD SAYS MY PEOPLE ARE DESTROYED
FOR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE.
AND WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS LACK OF
KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE FOUNDATIONAL
PRINCIPLES.
WHAT OUR FOUNDING FATHERS MEANT
FOR GOVERNMENT TO BE.
WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS LACK OF
KNOWLEDGE IN THIS NATION.
EVEN IN JURISTS THAT SIT ON THE
CONSTITUTION.
U.S. SUPREME COURT ABOUT THE
I WAS VERY SHOCKED AS I GOT
INTERESTED IN POLITICS, I
STARTED TALKING TO LAWYERS WHO
HAD GONE TO LAW SCHOOLS ALL OVER
THIS COUNTRY.
THE MAJORITY OF LAWYERS THAT I
HAVE SPOKEN WITH, LAW SCHOOLS,
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ALL ACROSS
THIS COUNTRY, THEY ALL HAVE A
COURSE CALL CONSTITUTIONAL LAW.
BUT THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WOULD BE
ABSOLUTELY SHOCKED TO UNDERSTAND
THAT LAWYERS, EVEN WHEN THEY
TAKE CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND A
LOT OF LAW SCHOOLS, IT'S AN
ELECTIVE, EVEN, WHEN THEY TAKE
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, THEY DON'T
STUDY THE CONSTITUTION OF THE
ALL THEY STUDY IS CASE LAW, WHAT
THE FEDERAL COURT SYSTEM HAS
SAID ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION.
AND WE'VE GOT FEDERAL JURISTS
ALL THE WAY UP TO THE SUPREME
COURT, FEDERAL DISTRICT COURTS,
APPELLATE SYSTEM UP TO THE
SUPREME COURT, BRING DOWN RULING
UPON RULING THAT IS NOT BASED
UPON THE CONSTITUTION.
THAT LEADS TO TYRANNY IN ALL
POSSIBILITY.
OUR FOUNDING FATHERS NEVER MEANT
THIS.
AND IN FACT, IF PEOPLE WOULD
READ THE CONSTITUTION AND READ
WHAT OUR FOUNDING FATHERS SAID
ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION, THEY
WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT.
THERE'S A GREAT RESOURCE THAT
TALKS ABOUT WHAT OUR FOUNDING
FATHERS MEANT FOR THE
CONSTITUTION TO BE.
AND, IN FACT, THE ARCHITECT OF
THE CONSTITUTION, JAMES MAD
SOVEREIGN, JOHN JAY THE FIRST --
MADISON, JOHN JAY, THE FIRST
SUPREME COURT JUSTICE AND A
FEDERALIST WHO BELIEVED IN A
STRONG GOVERNMENT, WROTE A
SERIES OFES AS AND WERE PRINTED
IN THE NEWSPAPERS IN NEW YORK
STATE AND WRITTEN TO TELL NEW
YORKERS ABOUT WHAT GOVERNMENT
SHOULD BE UNDER THE CONSTITUTION
IN ITS ORIGINAL INTENT.
THEY EXPLAINED IN MINUTE DETAIL
WHAT GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE, NOT
ONLY THEN BUT 200, 400, 600
YEARS LATER.
BECAUSE THEY KNEW VERY FIRMLY,
VERY STRONGLY THAT IF WE DIDN'T
HAVE THAT ORIGINAL INAT THE
PRESENT TIME AND A STRONG, SOLID
FOUNDATION OF GOVERNMENT, THAT
WE COULD LOSE OUR LIBERTY.
THAT'S THE REASON THEY WANTED US
TO STAY WITH THEIR INTENT IN THE
CONSTITUTION.
THEY WROTE THESE SERIES OFES AS.
THEY HAVE -- OFES AS.
THIS CONTAINS THOSES AS.
THEY HAVE BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT THE
CONSTITUTION TO EXPLAIN THE
CONSTITUTION.
AND IF PEOPLE WILL GET THE
FEDERALIST PAPERS AND READ THEM,
THEY WILL SEE HOW FAR OFF TRACK
WE HAVE GOTTEN AS A NATION.
THEY WILL SEE THAT OUR NATION IS
BEING DESTROYED FROM WITHIN.
BEING DESTROYED BY A PHILOSOPHY
OF BIG GOVERNMENT.
AND THIS PHILOSOPHY HAS BEEN
FOSTERED UPON US BY DEMOCRATS
AND REPUBLICANS ALIKE, BY
LIBERALS AND CONSERVATIVES
ALIKE.
WE'VE GOT TO CHANGE THAT.
MR. SPEAKER, THE ONLY WAY THAT
WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE GOVERNING
HERE IN THE UNITED STATES IS NOT
HERE IN WASHINGTON, NOT HERE IN
THE U.S. HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, NOT OVER ACROSS
THE WAY IN THE U.S. SENATE, NOT
DOWN THE STREET ON PENNSYLVANIA
AVENUE IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
THE ONLY WAY WE ARE GOING TO
CHANGE THE PHILOSOPHY OF
GOVERNANCE IS THAT IF THE GOOD
PEOPLE ACROSS THIS NATION START
DEMANDING A DIFFERENT KIND OF
GOVERNANCE.
WE HAVE TO STOP THIS OUTRAGEOUS
SPENDING AND GET OUR ECONOMY
BACK ON TRACK.
WE HAVE TO START CREATING JOBS.
WHAT'S MADE THIS COUNTRY SO
RICH, SO POWERFUL, SO SUCCESSFUL
AS A POLITICAL EXPERIMENT, THE
GREATEST POLITICAL EXPERIMENT IN
ALL OF HISTORY, OF ALL OF
MANKIND IS RIGHT HERE IN THE
UNITED STATES BASED ON THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED
STATES IN ITS ORIGINAL INTENT.
KNOWLEDGE.
WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS LACK OF
NOW THE FEDERALIST PAPERS IN THE
OLD LANGUAGE, IT'S A BIT
DIFFICULT TO READ.
THEIR STYLE OF WRITING, THEIR
STYLE OF ENGLISH WAS A BIT
DIFFERENT FROM OURS.
GOT ANOTHER RESOURCE THAT I
HIGHLY RECOMMEND WHICH IS THE
FEDERALIST PAPERS IN MODERN
LANGUAGE.
BUY THIS OFF OF AMAZON AND GET
THIS IN BOOK STORES AROUND THE
COUNTRY.
IF THEY DON'T HAVE IT IN STOCK,
IT CAN BE ORDERED.
BUT WHAT THE EDITOR, MARY
WEBSTER GOT SOME FOLKS TO
TRANSLATE THE FEDERALIST PAPERS
FROM OLD STYLE ENGLISH INTO
MODERN ENGLISH.
CHANGED ONE WORD FROM OLD STYLE
INTO ANOTHER WORD INTO A NEW
WORD.
THIS IS NOT A COMMENTARY ON THE
FEDERALIST PAPERS, BUT STRICTLY
A TRANSLATION, TRANSLATED FROM
OLD STYLE ENGLISH TO NEW STYLE
ENGLISH AND PEOPLE CAN GO A READ
EITHER THE FEDERALIST PAPERS IN
ITS ENGLISH FORM OR IN MODERN
LANGUAGE AND CAN BECOME
KNOWLEDGEABLE.
WE HAVE TO LIGHT GRASS FIRES ALL
ACROSS THIS COUNTRY TO DEMAND A
DIFFERENT KIND OF GOVERNMENT OR
WE'RE GOING TO DESTROY
EVERYTHING THAT OUR FOUNDING
FATHERS HAVE GIVEN US.
THIS NATION WAS BUILT ON
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND
ACCOUNTABILITY.
IT WAS BASED ON FREEDOM AND
LIBERTY.
I USE THOSE WORDS SEPARATELY.
LET ME EXPLAIN LIBERTY FOR YOU
AND GIVE YOU A DEFINITION.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS MY
ORIGINAL DEFINITION OR NOT.
I DON'T REMEMBER READING IT
ANYWHERE OR SEEN IT WHEN I HAVE
GONE TO LOOK IT UP, BUT YAME NOT
CLAIMING IT AS MY OWN AND I
DON'T KNOW WHO WROTE IT IF
SOMEONE DID.
LIBERTY.
LIBERTY IS FREEDOM BRIDELED BY
MORALITY.
LIBERTY IS FREEDOM BRIDALED BY
MORALITY.
A WILD BEAR IS FREE.
ALL THE WILD BEARS CONSTRAINED
BY THE CONSTRAINTS, CAN GO
ANYWHERE IT WANTS TO.
A WILD BEAR WILL EVEN KILL ITS
OWN CUBS JUST TO GET TO THE SOW
TO BREED HER AND DOESN'T CARE
ABOUT ANYBODY ELSE BUT HIMSELF.
THE SOW WILL PROTECT HER CUBS
BUT OTHER THAN THAT SHE IS FREE
AND CHOOSES TO DO SO BY HER
INSTINCT.
BUT ABSOLUTE FREEDOM IS ANARCHY.
IT'S ANARCHY.
YOU SEE, IF I'M TOTALLY FREE,
IF I DON'T LIKE SOMEBODY, I CAN
JUST KILL THEM.
WE SEE THAT BY DICTATORS AROUND
THE WORLD.
HISTORICAL AS WELL AS IN
PRESENT TIMES.
BUT YOU SEE, FREEDOM BRIDLED BY
MORALITY, LIBERTY, MEANS THAT
MY FREEDOM STOPS WHERE ANOTHER
PERSON'S FREEDOM STARTS.
WE CAN COME TOGETHER AND WORK
IN CONCERT FOR THE GREATER
GOOD, FOR THE GREATER GOOD OF
OUR FAMILIES, OUR COMMUNITIES,
OUR CITIES, OUR STATES, AS WELL
AS OUR NATION.
THIS COUNTRY WAS FOUNDED UPON
LIBERTY.
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND
ACCOUNTABILITY.
IT'S BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL
ECONOMICALLY BECAUSE IT'S BEEN
BASED ON A FREE ENTERPRISE
SYSTEM.
FREE ENTERPRISE.
FREE ENTERPRISE IS THE ENGINE
THAT PULLS ALONG THE TRAIN OF
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY HERE IN
AMERICA.
BUT WE'RE DESTROYING THAT.
OUR PRESIDENT HAS THE
PHILOSOPHY THAT I BELIEVE IS
TOTALLY AGAINST FREE
ENTERPRISE.
A LOT OF MY COLLEAGUES,
DEMOCRAT AND REPUBLICAN ALIKE,
BELIEVE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
OUGHT TO CONTROL VIRTUALLY
EVERY ASPECT OF OUR LIVES.
GEORGE W. BUSH WAS A BIG
SPENDING, BIG GOVERNMENT
PRESIDENT.
HE GAVE US NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND
WHICH HAS BEEN A DISASTER.
I CALL IT LEAVE NO TEACHER
UNSHACKLED.
WE'VE GOT TO GET THE SHACKLES
OFF TEACHERS, LET THE LOCAL
SCHOOL BOARDS RUN THE
EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM, NOT BY A
FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
OR I DON'T THINK EVEN BY A
STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
BUT THE STATES HAVE THE RIGHT
TO DO THAT CONSTITUTIONALLY.
THE MOST POWERFUL POLITICAL
FORCE IN AMERICA TODAY IS
EMBODIED IN THE FIRST THREE
WORDS OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION.
WE, THE PEOPLE.
AND IF WE THE PEOPLE WILL
BECOME KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THE
CONSTITUTION AND ABOUT THE
FOUNDING FATHERS, PHILOSOPHY OF
GOVERNMENT, THE PHILOSOPHY OF
LIBERTY AND FREEDOM, THE
PHILOSOPHY OF THE FREE
ENTERPRISE SYSTEM, THE
PHILOSOPHY OF INDIVIDUAL
LIBERTY, WE CAN PUT THIS
COUNTRY BACK ON THE RIGHT
COURSE BY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
DEMANDING THEIR FREEDOM BACK.
WE'VE LOST A LOT OF IT.
A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF FREEDOM
HAS BEEN LOST.
WE'RE LOSING OUR LIBERTY.
AND WE HAVE A GOVERNMENT THAT
IS TAKING AWAY OUR FREEDOMS.
THE PREAMBLE TO THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED
STATES, WE THE PEOPLE OF THE
UNITED STATES, IN ORDER TO FORM
A MORE PERFECT UNION, ESTABLISH
JUSTICE, ENSURE DOMESTIC
TRANQUILITY, PROVIDE FOR THE
COMMON DEFENSE, PROMOTE THE
GENERAL WELFARE AND SECURE THE
BLESSINGS OF LIBERTY TO
OURSELVES AND OUR POSTERITY, DO
ORDAIN AND ESTABLISH THIS
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED
STATES.
TONIGHT, I'M GOING TO TALK
ABOUT ONE LITTLE PHRASE IN THIS
PREAMBLE, IT'S ALSO IN ANOTHER
PLACE IN THE CONSTITUTION, I'M
GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE GENERAL
WELFARE CLAUSE.
WE'LL COME BACK ON ANOTHER
NIGHT, I'LL TALK ABOUT THE
COMMERCE CLAUSE.
AND THEN WE'LL TALK ALSO ABOUT
THE BILL OF ITHES AND OTHER
PARTS OF THE CONSTITUTION BUT
THREE PHRASES OUT OF THE
CONSTITUTION HAVE BEEN UTILIZES
-- UTILIZED TO PERVERT THE IDEA
BEHIND THE CONSTITUTION, TO
DESTROY ITS ORIGINAL INTENT TO
CAUSE US TO CONTINUE TO LOSE
LIBERTY HERE IN AMERICA.
THE GENERAL WELFARE CLAUSE IS
ONE OF THOSE.
YOU SEE CONGRESS HAS STRAYED
FROM THE CLEAR CUT PATH, THE
LIBERTY OUR FOUNDING FATHERS
OUTLINED IN THE MOST BASIC AND
FUNDAMENTAL DOCUMENT TO EVER
EXIST, OUR CONSTITUTION.
THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT PART
OF THIS DOCUMENT IS EMBODIED IN
THOSE FIRST THREE WORDS BECAUSE
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE A
GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE, BY
THE PEOPLE AND FOR THE PEOPLE,
AS ABRAHAM LINCOLN SAID.
OUR GOVERNMENT'S PURPOSE IS TO
PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE
FREEDOM AND LIBERTIES OF WE THE
PEOPLE.
GOVERNMENT IS SUPPOSED TO
GOVERN AT THE CONSENT OF THE
PEOPLE, NOT THE PEOPLE BEING
DEALT WITH AT THE CONSENT OF
GOVERNMENT.
THE GOVERNED -- OF THE
YET NOWADAYS, IT SEEMS THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS INSERTED
ITSELF INTO ALMOST EVERY ASPECT
OF OUR DAY-TO-DAY LIVES,
MONITORING WHAT KIND OF HEALTH
CARE WE CAN HAVE, BAILING OUT
THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY AND
REGULATING THE EDUCATION
STANDARDS, JUST A FEW EXAMPLES
OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S
HANDS OVERREACH INTO THINGS
WHERE IT SHOULD NOT GO.
WOULD THE GENTLEMAN FROM
GEORGIA YIELD FOR A MOMENT?
I'D BE GLAD TO YIELD
FOR A MOMENT.
FOR