[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 17695]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           AMERICA'S 33 CZARS

  (Mr. KINGSTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KINGSTON. Madam Speaker, czarist Russia, 18 czars over a 300-year 
period of time. Czarist Obama Nation, America, 33 czars in 7 months, 33 
czars who are running policy from Guantanamo Bay, to energy, to a $790 
billion stimulus package, to a myriad of other things and yet none of 
them have gone before the United States Senate for confirmation even 
though article II, section 2 of the Constitution says that the 
President should seek consent and advice from the U.S. Senate before 
appointing important policy people to his Cabinet.
  Now, we do appoint and have the Senate confirm sub-Cabinet members, 
deputy Cabinet members, a myriad of judges--indeed hundreds if not 
thousands of people--but 33 people at a salary of $172,000 each are 
running a parallel government without consent and approval. We need to 
stop this.

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