[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 17]
[House]
[Pages 23890-23891]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    THIS MAY BE THE DAY AMERICA DIED

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. Madam Speaker, there is a song ``The Day the Music Died.'' 
I don't think it is too much of a stretch to say this may be the day 
America died. I am not alone in feeling that what the Congress is about 
to do today is a very, very serious, consequential thing for this 
country.
  I want to quote from an article from Investor's Business Daily today.
  ``After years of faking it, the Federal Government has finally hit 
bottom or, depending on how you look at it, ascended to its level of 
maximum destructive incompetence.''
  ``Through its power over education and communications, Washington 
already influences the creation and dissemination of knowledge. Once it 
takes over the financial industry, nothing will be left standing in the 
way of the Federal Government's dominance. States and localities are 
mere administrative units and disbursing agents for

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Washington. Government has won its war against religion, sidelining 
churches.''
  ``American capitalism is not just an economic theory. It is a way of 
life where rewards are based on achievement, not identity or class, and 
is therefore inextricably bound up with individual freedom and American 
exceptionalism.''

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