[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 20]
[House]
[Page 27030]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       AMERICAN PEOPLE KNOW BEST

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. Madam Speaker, yesterday was an exciting day for those of 
us who believe the American people know best. Thousands of people came 
to Capitol Hill to tell Speaker Pelosi that they do not want her tax 
increase government takeover of health care. They said that this bill 
is a bill the American people cannot afford. Republicans in the House 
agree with them.
  Hardworking Americans do not want to pay for abortions and illegal 
aliens and should not have to pay for them.
  Unemployment is now 10.2 percent, and this bill will make it worse. 
Like other ill-conceived bills such as the wrongly named stimulus bill 
that the Democrats have crammed down the throats of the American 
people, the so-called health reform bill will do more harm than good.
  Speaker Pelosi, listen to the voices of the American people. My 
colleagues on the other side, listen to the voices of the American 
people. Do not vote for more taxes, more government control, and an 
erosion of our freedoms. Remember, the first three words of the 
Constitution are, ``We the people.''

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