[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 110 (Wednesday, July 11, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H7495]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           CONSTITUENT VIEWS

  (Mr. COHEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, this past week was our home work week, and we 
went to visit with our constituents and see what the people thought.
  In the Ninth District of Tennessee, I found a people I know who felt 
that this war that we're engaging in is one that we need to bring our 
troops home from. They spoke of their family members who served in the 
previous war and said, there's no purpose in what we're doing, and we 
don't understand it.
  I saw a people who saw the movie ``Sicko'' and came away amazed. And 
as I toured the Federal Correctional Institute, I felt like I was 
watching ``Sicko'' in live theater, for I saw that if you're in prison, 
you get all the health care you want, but if you don't commit a crime, 
you don't get health care in this country. And Michael Moore has made a 
valid point.
  And I saw a people who feel like crime is a great problem in this 
country and their neighborhoods and who commend this Democratic 
Congress for passing the COPS bill and having more money for the hiring 
of policemen and for better technology.
  And I saw a people that wondered what's going on with our President 
and our Vice President and asked more and more about impeachment. It's 
something that the American Congress needs to consider strongly, for 
our executive powers are out of control.

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