[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[HO]
[Page 25777]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




         CONGRESS--LISTEN TO THE VOICES OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

  (Mr. McCOTTER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McCOTTER. In Michigan, the people know what the most important 
issue facing this Congress is: It's called jobs. My State has a 15.3 
unemployment rate; it is expected to rise. And yet what we see in 
Congress is an unwillingness of the majority to listen to the concerns 
of the American people. They want this economy fixed; they want to 
provide for the livelihood of their families; they wish to pursue their 
happiness. And yet they watch a Congress that is willfully intent upon 
passing a partisan, government-run health care bill despite the voices 
of the American people.
  I suggest that if we are to restore sanity and prosperity to these 
uncertain times, that this Congress start to listen to the voices of 
their constituents and start to act accordingly. That is why we have a 
representative government.

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