[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 39 (Wednesday, March 17, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H1522]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (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, when you practice 
law, there is an old expression that goes something like this: If you 
have the facts, argue the facts; if you have the law, argue the law; if 
you have neither, attack your opponent. That appears to be what's 
happening.
  There are those of us who have argued that the process that we are 
engaged in--that is that we will not vote on the Senate bill but we 
will kind of vote on the Senate bill; we will deem it passed--is 
unconstitutional. And in response to that, the Speaker of the House has 
said this: I think it's ridiculous and the people who are telling you 
it's unconstitutional know better, and you should be very outraged that 
people who know better would say things like that. They know when they 
talk they're not telling the truth.
  I resent being called a liar by the Speaker of the House. I resent 
the fact because there are constitutional scholars who have said this 
is unconstitutional.
  Now, I have only argued one case before the Supreme Court--which I 
won on behalf of the People of the State of California--so I am not 
considered one of the great practitioners before the Supreme Court, but 
we have spoken to one of them who will work with us in bringing this 
case to the Supreme Court if we try this outrage against the American 
people.
  Let's stick to the facts, stick to the law, and stop attacking people 
personally.

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