[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 26 (Monday, February 9, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H1048]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             THE ONLY THING WE HAVE TO FEAR IS FEAR ITSELF

  (Mr. REHBERG asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. REHBERG. In 1933, in the midst of the Great Depression, Franklin 
Delano Roosevelt, elected on a platform of change, said in his 
inaugural address, ``The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.''
  In 1961, another President, John F. Kennedy, elected on a platform of 
change, said, ``Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never 
fear to negotiate.''
  I ask my friends from both parties to heed this advice and reject the 
politics of fear. Let's not fear the negotiating table. Let's talk 
about meaningful bipartisan solutions that will benefit our country and 
get people back to work.
  As Kennedy continued, ``United there is little we cannot do, but 
divided there is little we can do.''
  Let us work together because people won't remember how fast we fixed 
this problem. They will, however, remember how well we fixed it.

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