[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 23, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H656]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 THREE DIFFERENT BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT

  (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. Mr. Speaker, I returned from my 
district here just a couple of days ago after hearing from my 
constituents at several town hall meetings. One of the things they made 
absolutely crystal clear was they wanted us to start over on health 
care. They weren't arguing for the status quo. They are arguing for a 
new start.
  So what do we have on Thursday? The President inviting Members from 
both Houses, both Democrat and Republican, for what? For what? A 
session in which it appears that the ground rules are going to be we 
are going to start with the House and the Senate bills.
  I don't know. I am proud to be in this House, in part because of my 
love of the Constitution. I look at the Constitution, and it says we 
have three different branches of government and we are responsible for 
legislation. I don't see where there is a monarchy, where you are 
supposed to go and have an audience with the monarch surrounded by his 
court jesters.

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