[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 21628]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                THE AMERICAN RESISTANCE MOVEMENT--PAGE 2

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the American resistance movement has 
begun. It was seen in D.C. this weekend when over a million people came 
to show their displeasure with government. Their grievances: too much 
government spending, borrowing and taxing, too much bloated government, 
too much waste and irresponsibility in government.
  This is not the 1960s violent antiwar protests led by radical draft-
dodging college elites. These are families, working people, business 
owners, veterans, seniors and the backbone of the American spirit. 
These people have a stake in America and a concern about the future of 
a Nation they treasure and love.
  Government beware, these people have engaged in that political fight 
and are not about to give their country away to those who want to run 
roughshod over their lives and force more government intrusion upon 
them. These people don't like the atmosphere that disagreement with 
government is frowned upon.
  This American resistance is not going away. People will not be 
dismissed and intimidated by those whose only answer to their valid 
concerns is to say they are ``un-American.'' These Americans want 
government to listen, and we ignore them at our own peril.
  And that's just the way it is.

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