[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 25163]
[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. Mr. Speaker, there has been a 
lot of discussion over Fox News, but last night I watched ABC News as 
they talked about the new poll put out by ABC and The Washington Post. 
And I scratched my head as I listened to them talk about the fact the 
American people now support a public option. The American people are 
rallying to the side of ObamaCare. And I wondered how much out of step 
with America would my constituents be, could all of these people who 
showed up at these town hall meetings be; and then I had a chance to 
look at the questions.
  You ought to examine those questions. I mean, they put the public 
option in a box and tied a red ribbon around it. I might have even 
voted for it. And if you look at the difference in the responses of 
those questions as we had through this entire year, it shows there 
hasn't been that much of a change.
  Now, I guess ABC News has joined the White House and the Democratic 
leadership in having us ignore August. What happened to August, Mr. 
Speaker? The American people spoke, and yet the leaders in this body 
and the White House pretended it didn't happen.
  We cannot ignore the American people despite what ABC and The 
Washington Post may try to tell us.

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