[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 38 (Tuesday, March 16, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H1469]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mr. McCLINTOCK asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. McCLINTOCK. Madam Speaker, I had two town hall meetings in my 
district on Saturday, and at both events my constituents raised this 
issue: How can Congress impose the most sweeping intrusion into 
personal health care decisions in the history of our country without a 
direct vote on the bill? You see, my constituents have read the 
Constitution, including the provision that requires both Houses to vote 
on a bill before it becomes a law.
  If the Democrat majority attempts to impose this law without a direct 
vote, two things will be obvious to every American. First, that the 
Democrats are ashamed to cast the very up-or-down vote on the health 
care takeover that the President promised as recently as yesterday. And 
far more disturbing, they will know that the Congress has now placed 
itself above the Constitution.
  Madam Speaker, 10 generations of Americans have defended that 
Constitution. Don't think for a moment that this generation will do any 
less.

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