[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 42 (Saturday, March 20, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H1793]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              {time}  1945
                   ARE MEN THE PROPERTY OF THE STATE?

  (Mr. McCLINTOCK asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. McCLINTOCK. Mr. Speaker, in his introduction to the epic ``The 
Ten Commandments,'' Cecil B. DeMille asked the question, ``Are men the 
property of the state, or are they free souls under God?'' Congress 
will authoritatively address this question tomorrow. Will the Federal 
Government order Americans to purchase products that the government 
thinks that they should buy and fine or imprison them if they refuse? 
Will it empower a new health czar to make decisions over the most 
minute details of every American's health care? Will it set loose 
16,000 new IRS agents to enforce its edicts?
  This vote transcends any questions of health care. It introduces a 
proposition that will fundamentally alter the relationship between the 
Government and the people for all time. I pray that my democratic 
colleagues, drunk as they may be with power, will consider carefully 
the implications of the action they are about to take.

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