[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 7120]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               GOVERNMENT

  (Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. As a constitutional conservative I'm 
outraged by the unbridled, unchecked, unaccountable, and out-of-control 
government championed by the Democrats. The Wall Street rescue, the 
bailouts of Fannie and Freddie, the auto industry, cap-and-tax energy 
bill, the government takeover of health care, and court-martialing Navy 
SEALs while giving terrorists rights. Enough already.
  The complete lack of respect for the liberties espoused by our 
Founding Fathers has got to stop. That's why I am proud to announce my 
participation in a new group, the Tenth Amendment Task Force. The sole 
purpose of the caucus is to rekindle the truth and foundation of 
freedom, like promoting personal liberties and responsibilities, 
championing freedom and free enterprise, restoring States' rights, and 
reining in government spending.
  It's time to roll back big government and rejuvenate respect for the 
Constitution. Americans are just fed up and want to tell the 
government, ``Get off my back.''

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