[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3917]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       LISTEN TO YOUR CONSCIENCE

  (Mr. SMITH of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Madam Speaker, I know many Democrats who love our 
country, who are dedicated public servants, and who are men and women 
of integrity. In the coming hours and days, I hope they will listen to 
their conscience, what they know in their heart is right, and take some 
action to stop a corruption of the legislative process.
  If a new health care system is worthy of being enacted, it is worthy 
of being debated and voted on in an honest and straightforward way. 
Anything less is a stain on Congress and diminishes our great country.
  How we conduct ourselves goes beyond a single bill. It will signal to 
those across the land, and perhaps to those in other lands, whether we 
deserve their respect or have justified their ridicule.

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