[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19571]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       WHERE IS THE COMMON SENSE?

  (Mr. POSEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. POSEY. Mr. Speaker, first Congress passed a multimillion dollar 
bailout to reward bad behavior on Wall Street. Next Congress passed a 
trillion-dollar-plus stimulus plan which Members were not allowed to 
read. It was sold on the promise that unemployment would not exceed 8 
percent, but unemployment is now at 9\1/2\ percent and rising.
  Next the House passed a national energy tax. They called it cap-and-
trade so Members wouldn't have to say they voted for a new tax. Members 
were not allowed to read that either. It will cost every American 
family and every American business lots of money and drive a lot more 
jobs overseas.
  Now Congress wants to pass a bureaucratic-managed and rationed health 
care plan, again costing Americans trillions of dollars and, worse yet, 
their medical freedoms. No doubt Members will not be allowed to read 
the final version of that either. Where is the logic? Where is the 
common sense? When will Congress think about the working folks, the 
seniors, and the savers who made this country great? Congress needs to 
look past the special interests and start listening to the people back 
home.

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