[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10183]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            ENSLAVED BY DEBT

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, last week, America witnessed an historic 
public outcry on tax day as countless Americans exercised their 
constitutional right--some would say duty--to take to the streets to 
protest Washington's borrow-and-spend and bailout mentality. Those 
assembled offered tangible and forceful evidence that average people 
are concerned by the government's breakneck borrowing spree and the 
nonstop bailouts of failed companies.
  Too many people have played by the rules only to see their children 
and grandchildren socked with the bill for the bailouts of 
irresponsible megabanks. To this they are saying ``enough is enough.'' 
They realize the truth of John Adams' warning on excessive national 
debt. Adams said, ``There are two ways to conquer and enslave a Nation; 
one is by the sword, the other is by debt.''
  I hope that for the sake of future generations we take these words to 
heart and restore the American ideal of small government and individual 
liberty and responsibility.

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