[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[House]
[Pages 18842-18843]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    WE THINK YOU'RE SMART ENOUGH WHEN YOU HAVE THE RIGHT INFORMATION

  (Mr. NEUGEBAUER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. NEUGEBAUER. Madam Speaker, I'm very disappointed because the 
Democrats and the administration don't think the American people are 
either smart enough or they don't trust them to make their own 
decisions.
  The Democrats and the administration have introduced a reform for 
financial markets that is going to start telling the American people, 
Hey, you're not smart enough or we don't trust you to determine what 
kind of credit card you should have. We don't trust you, we don't think 
you're smart enough to determine what kind of mortgage you should take 
out.
  We don't trust you, we don't think you're smart enough to determine 
what kind of car loan you should have. We don't trust you and we don't 
think you're smart enough to determine what kind of checking account 
that you should have.
  Now we're going to tell the American people we don't think you're 
smart enough or don't trust you to pick your own health care.
  You know, the American people are getting kind of tired of the 
Democrats telling them that they don't trust them or they don't think 
they're smart enough.
  Madam Speaker, the Republicans have introduced a financial reform 
that

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says to the American people: we think you're smart enough when you have 
the right information.

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