[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 21082]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                           WE'D BETTER LISTEN

  (Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California asked and was given permission 
to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his 
remarks.)
  Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise in honor of 
the American people. I had five townhall meetings this summer. I did a 
teletownhall in which I had 19,000 people on the line.
  With all due respect, Mr. Speaker, I saw no mobs. I saw nothing that 
was un-American. I saw no evil mongers out there. I saw average, 
everyday Americans coming to my townhall meetings in ones and twos and 
threes, not being bussed in by anybody. They were educated about the 
issue of health care. They understood what was on the floor. These 
people are concerned about what we might do here. They are also 
concerned about taxes, spending, debt, and the size of the Federal 
Government. No, they were not American mobs. These were real Americans, 
expressing what they're allowed to do under the Constitution in the 
best way they can, directly speaking with their Members of Congress. 
We'd better listen.

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