[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 29 (Thursday, February 12, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H1254]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         BIG GOVERNMENT IS BACK

  (Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California asked and was given permission 
to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his 
remarks.)
  Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California. Madam Speaker, the question 
isn't whether we should do something. The question is, what should we 
do when we have this stimulus package in front of us? And why is that 
important? Well, Newsweek magazine says it all. The cover says: ``We 
Are All Socialists Now.'' And inside they say, referring to the debate 
that is taking place on the floor, ``big government is back big-time.''
  They go on to tell us that in many ways, our economy already 
resembles a European one. And they then project we will soon become 
even more French. I don't know about you, but I didn't believe that the 
people voted in the last election to become more French. And when I 
look at the stimulus package and learn that it has $30 million to 
protect the San Francisco marsh mice, I have to ask, is that becoming 
more French, or is that just becoming more absurd?

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