[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 84 (Monday, June 8, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H6292]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        THE 21ST CZAR OF AMERICA

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Madam Speaker, we have yet another czar appointed 
by the administration. The Pay Czar will set limits on how much money 
people can make that took bank bailout money.
  The government is establishing a central committee accountable and 
answerable only to the President. These czars and czarinas avoid 
scrutiny of Congress. There is no advice and consent by the Senate and 
little oversight, and no one knows what these czars really do or how 
they're doing it. There is no authority found anywhere in the 
Constitution to appoint these czars. They enforce czar rules with no 
recourse by the citizens. The czars claim they know best how to take 
care of the masses.
  It's appropriate that this administration and past administrations 
use this Russian term ``czar'' since the Russians, under the Soviet 
Union, invented the Politburo. The Soviet Politburo was made up of 
political party appointees that made all policy decisions and ruled the 
country through their dictates.
  Now we have 21 czars. The newest, the Pay Czar, is moving us ever 
nearer to a socialist union which leaves us less and less control of 
the government by the people.
  And that's just the way it is.

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