[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 21801]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              DEFUND ACORN

  (Mr. BILIRAKIS asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BILIRAKIS. Madam Speaker, I rise today to share my outrage about 
corruption at ACORN. Illegal activities at the ACORN offices in 
Baltimore, in Washington, D.C. and in Miami show that corruption is not 
isolated. Already under suspicion for disturbing activities such as 
voter fraud in the 2008 elections, ACORN employers encourage 
prostitution, tax fraud and human trafficking. This culture of 
corruption must stop.
  Madam Speaker, I, for one, will not sit idle and allow my taxpayer 
constituents to be swindled by an organization that receives millions 
in Federal funds.
  Yesterday, I signed a letter to President Obama, asking him to 
disclose and terminate all taxpayer funding of ACORN. In addition, I 
have cosponsored a bill which will stop the Federal funding of this 
reprehensible enterprise. I call on Speaker Pelosi to bring this 
legislation to the floor for a vote so that we can stop subsidizing 
this outrageous and illegal activity. We owe it to our constituents.

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