[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 4568]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 LET'S GET BALANCE BACK IN THE COUNTRY

  (Mr. GOHMERT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. GOHMERT. Madam Speaker, dramatic times require dramatic actions. 
There's a part of the Constitution that hasn't been used since its 
inception: Article V, the part that says that ``on the application of 
the legislatures of two-thirds of the several States, Congress shall 
call a convention for proposing amendments.'' Since the 17th Amendment 
took out the last check and balance on usurpation of States' rights, 
it's time to get the balance back in place.
  We have 39 States upset, wanting to do something, and not have 
another unfunded mandate coming down their throats. This will do it. 
Let's get an amendment that gets the balance back into the country and 
the Constitution before this Congress destroys what's left.

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