[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 5578]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  MEET OUR INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITIES

  (Mr. YARMUTH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, I like to think that government is the way 
that we organize our responsibilities to each other.
  Last night, President Obama gave a clear path to explain how this 
government can help us meet our responsibilities to each other. He 
mentioned government and laid a groundwork for government, not as a 
substitute for private initiative and private enterprise, but as a 
catalyst for private initiative and private enterprise.
  As a facilitator and enabler he showed the way that this government 
can help people realize their ambitions and rebuild America in a much 
stronger position.
  As we move forward in considering the agenda that President Obama has 
laid out, I hope that we will remember that not only do we call on 
individual Americans to meet their responsibilities to each other, but 
that we as Members of Congress meet our individual responsibilities to 
them and to make this government one that truly stands united in favor 
of the American people.
  This was truly an inspirational charge that we were given last night, 
and I hope we all listen carefully.

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