[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 20]
[House]
[Pages 27124-27125]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           ARE YOU LISTENING?

  (Mr. BONNER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BONNER. Mr. Speaker, the taxpayers of this country want to know 
if the people who work for them, who were hired last November to serve 
here the people's House are really listening to what they've been 
saying.
  Appropriately enough, this started back on tax day, April 15. Tens of 
thousands, perhaps millions, began to speak with one voice about the 
spending, the borrowing, the rising unemployment as well as the ever-
expanding role of the Federal Government into our daily lives.
  In August, even yesterday they turned out en masse, speaking as loud 
as they could from the very steps of this grand old historic building, 
begging, pleading, please honor the freedoms and liberties that 
generations of Americans have fought and even died for. Republicans 
have heard that message, and we agree with you. We know you are right.
  Mr. Speaker, your party is in control of this Congress, but the 
American people will have the final say. Are you listening?

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