[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 25797]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         WHEN WILL YOU LISTEN?

  (Mr. FORBES asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FORBES. Mr. Speaker, last week I received a call that every 
Member of Congress fears: a plant with 1,100 jobs in a town of 9,000 
residents closed its doors. We want to be there for them, and we will 
be there for them as the symptoms of a bad economy entangle their 
lives. But Americans are asking you a larger question today. The 
question is, When will this government listen to the voice of wisdom, 
shouting for us to address the causes of a bad economy and not just the 
symptoms?
  As one of 17 Members of Congress who voted against every one of your 
bailout stimulus bills, I watched you ignore that voice of wisdom as 
you saddled our grandchildren with a debt that they will wear for 
decades as a badge of dishonor for your deafness. I watched as you 
ignored it as you tried to impose your energy agenda, knowing it would 
stifle America's competitiveness and kill jobs. And I watched as you 
ignore it while you try to tax our existing jobs into oblivion.
  Mr. Speaker, today Americans are asking a simple question: When will 
you listen?

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