[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 10]
[House]
[Pages 14584-14585]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    FEAR IS IN THE AIR FOR DEMOCRATS

  (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PENCE. Thomas Jefferson said, ``When the people fear their 
government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, 
there is liberty.'' Make no mistake about it, there is fear in the air.
  Now elitists in Washington, DC, would have us believe that the rising 
voice of the American people is based on fear, but it is becoming 
evident that the real fear is coming from Democratic elitists here in 
Washington who realize that the people will not be silenced.
  Yesterday we learned of a new effort by Democrats in Washington to 
attack American citizens who speak their mind and peaceably assemble as 
``extremists'' or ``radicals.'' Demeaning

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Tea Party citizens or other Americans for simply saying no to runaway 
spending, takeovers, and bailouts is beneath the dignity of a great 
political party and it smacks of desperation. The voices of the 
American people--whether the left or the right or the middle--should 
never be muted or demeaned by the leaders who serve them. And when we 
see baseless smears of good Americans whose only offense is the 
exercise of their First Amendment rights of free speech and free 
assembly, we should see the fear for what it is--the fear of losing an 
election.

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