[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 5334-5335]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 EIGHTEEN STATES SAY ``NO'' TO THE FEDS

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Madam Speaker, the States are fighting back and 
saying ``no'' to the government's oppressive takeover of health care. 
Eighteen States, including Texas, have joined in suing the government. 
Never before in American history have so many States banded together to 
claim a Federal law is unconstitutional.
  The Constitution does not permit the Federal Government to force 
citizens to buy a government-ordained product like health insurance or 
face a penalty. The unconstitutional law also hires 16,000 more IRS 
agents to rifle through the financial records of citizens to make sure 
they are buying that mandated government product. Now, isn't that 
lovely?
  Madam Speaker, the 10th Amendment states, in part, the powers not 
delegated to the United States are reserved to the States or the 
people. An objective reading of the Constitution seems to indicate the 
States have a legitimate complaint. These 18 States should be commended 
for protecting their citizens from the Federal Government's unlawful, 
unwarranted intrusion into the private lives of the citizens.
  And that's just the way it is.

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