[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 85 (Thursday, June 7, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H3589]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         PASS THE DISCLOSE ACT

  (Mr. AL GREEN of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, a great and noble President, 
Abraham Lincoln, proclaimed that government of the people, by the 
people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth. It was 
government of the people, by the people, for the people, that gave us 
Social Security and Medicare.
  But I regret to inform you today, Mr. Speaker, that government of the 
people, by the people, for the people is at risk--and it is at risk 
because there is a new concept that is evolving. It is government of 
the money, by the money, for the money. It is the notion that he who 
has the gold rules, changing the Golden Rule, Father.
  I want you to know, dear friends, that if we do nothing, we will find 
ourselves with a new form of government. The Republic is at risk. We 
must do something about government of the money, by the money, for the 
money.
  The DISCLOSE Act is one thing that we can do. We must act and pass 
the DISCLOSE Act.

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