[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 12]
[House]
[Pages 16291-16292]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     NATIONAL MEDIA GIVES FREE PASS

  (Mr. SMITH of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, as this replica of a check 
demonstrates, the national media are giving the Obama administration a 
free pass worth who-knows-how-much on any number of major national 
issues such as the economy, energy, and health care.
  The national media seldom mentions that the President's budget would 
double the national debt in 5 years and triple it in 10. The national 
media don't tell the American people that the President's cap-and-trade 
energy plan will cost every family $1,600. The national media don't 
report that the 46 million uninsured that is used to justify the 
President's health care plan is really only 10 million people after you 
deduct those who are eligible for Medicare and Medicaid, who can afford

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health insurance, and who are without health insurance for just a 
couple of months between jobs.
  Americans don't want the media to give the Obama administration a 
free pass. They want the facts.

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