[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 99 (Wednesday, July 22, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H6076]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       PROTECT AMERICAN LIBERTIES

  (Mr. BARR of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BARR of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, when you connect the dots of 
several recent Clinton administration actions, a frightening picture 
clearly emerges.
  Over the past few months, the administration has issued several 
executive orders and proposed agency rules which will fundamentally 
change the relationship between the government and the States and their 
citizens.
  The Department of Transportation is moving us rapidly toward a 
national identification license. Executive Order 13083 abrogates the 
powers of the States and the people thereof and overrides the 10th 
amendment.
  The administration is working to develop a ``health identifier'' 
system to track every citizen's medical history from cradle to grave. 
The FBI seeks the power to track cell phone owners and users without a 
court order, while it also seeks to levy a gun tax and compile a 
registry of lawful gun owners in America.
  Mr. Speaker, take notice of the picture being drawn. Let us take the 
necessary steps now to protect our liberties, before they are lost 
completely.

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