[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15633]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                         THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN

  (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, we just returned 
from, I think, the longest August recess that I have ever experienced; 
and I come back refreshed, refreshed from listening to my constituents 
back home. And they wanted me to deliver a message when I got back 
here. They said, Stop the spending; raising taxes on us in the midst of 
this economic downturn makes no sense whatsoever, get control of the 
budget--at least adopt a budget and follow it as we are required to do 
in our homes and in our businesses. And, yes, Mr. Speaker, they asked 
me to deliver this message: stop picking on the employers of America. 
If you want employees, you need employers. And stop making it more 
difficult for the small business men and women in my district to 
continue to operate. Get government out of the way.
  The people back home are willing to take the lead if we will just let 
them do it. Let's return to old-fashioned American principles. That's 
the way we march to the future.

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