[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 33 (Wednesday, February 25, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H2634]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         THE PEOPLE'S CHALLENGE

  (Mr. BRALEY of Iowa asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BRALEY of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, last night President Obama issued a 
call to action to the American people, and the American people are 
responding with a resounding ``Yes, we can.''
  The problems that we face are many and enormous, and yet this is our 
challenge, it is our responsibility, and there is no better place than 
the people's House to do the people's business. Whether it's restoring 
confidence in our faltering financial markets, propping up a credit 
market that is nonexistent, focusing on the incredible housing problems 
we face in this country, and at the same time committing investments in 
our educational system, investments in our health care reform and 
making sure that we have an energy policy that takes our dependence 
away from foreign oil and redirects it to renewable energy here in the 
United States.
  This is still the government of the people, by the people and for the 
people, and this is the people's challenge. The President cannot solve 
these problems on his own. We are all in this together. It's time for 
the American people to make a renewed commitment to this country, 
reinvest in the future of America and inspire us to the new level of 
responsibility in the world community.

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