[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 112 (Wednesday, July 31, 2013)]
[House]
[Pages H5187-H5188]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       STOPPING GOVERNMENT ABUSE

  (Mr. HECK of Nevada asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HECK of Nevada. Mr. Speaker, in our Declaration of Independence, 
Thomas Jefferson wrote that governments derived their power from ``the 
consent of the governed.'' Years later, Abraham Lincoln called our 
American democracy a government ``of the people, by the people, for the 
people.'' What would these great men think if they saw the waste and 
abuse so rampant in our government today?
  House Republicans are committed to maintaining a government that 
works for the American people, not against them. That's why this week 
we're bringing a number of bills to the floor to do just that. We 
believe in an America with expanded opportunity and a more secure 
future for all.
  There's no place in that America for massive government overreach, 
and

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that's why the House Republicans will continue to fight it.

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