[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 29 (Thursday, February 12, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H1253]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  DEFENDING THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO KNOW

  (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PENCE. Today Congress will begin to consider, under the guise of 
stimulus, what will amount to the largest spending bill since the 
Second World War. As millions of Americans have come to realize, this 
spending bill is not so much about creating jobs as it is about 
creating more government and more debt. Senator Chuck Schumer referred 
to the ``porky'' elements of this bill. And we're learning about 
millions of dollars for golf carts. And this morning we learned about 
millions of dollars to protect San Francisco mice.
  But I don't rise this morning to debate the bill, Madam Speaker, so 
much as to defend the public's right to know. Just a few short days 
ago, Congress unanimously voted to post the so-called stimulus bill on 
the Internet for 48 hours to let the American people judge for 
themselves. I rise to challenge my colleagues in the Democrat majority, 
slow this process down. Post this bill on the Internet. Let the 
American people see this so-called stimulus bill in all of its details 
and they can decide whether we're creating jobs or just more government 
and more debt.

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