[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 1]
[House]
[Pages 136-137]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     PROMOTING THE GENERAL WELFARE

  (Mr. HIMES asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. HIMES. Mr. Speaker, the new Republican majority has decided that 
today we will read the United States Constitution, which I guess is a 
good thing. But like every other American, I can and do read it for 
myself. In fact, I did it this morning and came across the phrase 
``promote the general welfare.''

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  Next week, the new Republican majority will put forward a bill to 
repeal health care reform; to tell seniors, go back to a world where 
you can choose between your prescriptions and your food; to tell our 
children, go back to a world where an insurance company can deny you 
coverage because you had the misfortune to be born with a disease. That 
is what they are doing next week.
  Listen hard, listen hard today to those words, ``promote the general 
welfare.''

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