[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 9]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




       OUR FOUNDING FATHERS, THE CONSTITUTION, AND THE REVOLUTION

  (Mr. ROONEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. ROONEY. Mr. Speaker, James Madison said in Federalist 45: ``The 
powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the Federal Government 
are few and defined. Those which are to remain with the State 
governments are numerous and indefinite.''
  Later codified in the 10th Amendment, the Founding Fathers intended 
the powers of the States to act as a check on those of the Federal 
Government, and the Supreme Court said, in 1975, that ``Congress may 
not exercise power in a fashion that impairs the States' integrity or 
ability to function effectively.''
  Mr. Speaker, time and time again, this Congress over the past year 
has forgotten the purpose of the 10th Amendment, from hate crimes to 
health care. We either stand with the Founding Fathers, the 
Constitution, and the Revolution, or we don't. And, if we do not, we do 
so at our peril.

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