[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5024]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        BANKRUPTING THE TREASURY

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, no one is angrier than I am that Congress has 
just voted to bankrupt the Treasury. Fiscally speaking, the health bill 
that the President just signed is the single most irresponsible act 
this government has already taken. We already have over $100 trillion 
in entitlement promises that we can't keep, and Congress just poured 
gasoline on the fire.
  However, violence and threats are not the right way to respond. Some 
of our colleagues have received threatening phone calls. A brick has 
been thrown, a window has been smashed. This is not the right way to 
respond. When the government ignores the will of the people, a high 
level of frustration is to be expected. But that frustration needs to 
be channeled into political activity, not threats and violence.
  I urge those who oppose this bill to remember that history and fiscal 
reality will prove them right, and I urge the citizens of this country 
who are angry to remember that they are on the right side of this 
debate, and they should act accordingly. In America, that is what 
elections are for.

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