[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 17696]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                        OUR FINANCIAL INTEGRITY

  (Mr. CULBERSON asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CULBERSON. Madam Speaker, this is a historic day but not for the 
reasons my colleague has just specified.
  Today is the first day in American history the national deficit has 
reached $1 trillion. We in this Congress have an obligation to do 
everything we can to preserve the financial integrity of this Nation 
for future generations, and as a Texan, I know the solution is very 
simple. It's one that is embodied in these wonderful stars which were 
worn by soldiers in the Army of the Republic of Texas.
  This is a star worn by a young man who served in the Marine Corps of 
the Republic of Texas, and the lone star symbolizes for Texans that the 
solution is, to our problem as a Nation, just leave us alone. Let 
Texans run Texas. Stick to the Constitution.
  The Federal Government needs to stick to the very limited powers set 
out in the Constitution and otherwise leave us alone. Stay away from my 
bank accounts, stay out of my pocket, get off my back, out of my way. 
Stay away from my home, my family, my kids, my job, my church, my 
synagogue.
  Let Texans run Texas. Let Ohio run Ohio. That's what these young men 
were fighting for in the Army of the Republic of Texas, and that's what 
we, as fiscal conservatives, are fighting for here today.

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