[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 23]
[House]
[Page 31845]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                        DEMOCRATS' ABSURD AGENDA

  (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, some days ago, when 
we were discussing and debating and voting on the health care bill, I 
got a call in my office from one of my constituents. After we had 
spoken for some time, he said, I have a confession to make. He said, I 
voted for President Obama because I thought that he would bring us 
together and that there was hope. But then he said these words, But I 
did not vote for this madness.
  What did he mean? I guess maybe he was talking about a health care 
bill that's going to cost more money, going to raise taxes, and not 
going to take care of all Americans. I guess he was talking about a 
cap-and-trade bill that will put a burden on every single American. I 
guess he was talking about a proposal that comes to us that says, oh, 
we have a huge deficit and we're going to work our way out by spending 
more. And I suppose he may have been here to hear one of my colleagues 
just a moment ago who said, When Democrats meet behind closed doors, 
they come out for transparency. It seems absurd, perhaps because it is.

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