[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8774]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                 YOUCUT

  (Mr. HASTINGS of Florida asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Mr. Speaker, yesterday in the Rules 
Committee, we met the newest ploy of the Republicans, YouCut.
  The rule under consideration was to grant deposition authority to the 
staff of Ed and Labor regarding the safety issues surrounding the 
tragic loss of life and limb of coal miners. Enter YouCut.
  So-called 240,000 Americans voted on the Internet. The Republicans 
then chose to offer an amendment to the previous question so that we 
could not go forward on substantive business, and to cut poor people's 
opportunities.
  First, this is not ``American Idol'' or ``Dancing With the Stars.'' 
This is America's legislature. For all we know, on YouCut, Osama bin 
Laden could be voting.
  Please know that not a handful of organized ``gotcha'' Republicans 
are going to control this legislature.

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