[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 23586]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        WHAT HAPPENED TO AUGUST?

  (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. Madam Speaker, what happened to 
August? August seems to have been lost in the Democratic Caucus; August 
seems to have been lost with the Democratic leadership; August seems to 
have been wiped out at the White House.
  If you listen to the discussions that are taking place now about the 
health care bill that may be presented to us, there's something left 
out: it's the voice of the people that we heard in August. They told us 
loudly and clearly they did not want a public option. They told us 
loudly and clearly they didn't want a Democratic plan; they didn't want 
a Republican plan. No, Madam Speaker, they want an American plan--one 
that we can all rally around, one that takes into consideration what 
they told us in August, what they told us in September, and what 
they're telling us in October.
  This is the U.S. House of Representatives. Let us represent the 
people of America.

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