[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 215]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, THIS IS YOUR WEEK

  (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PENCE. Welcome to the 112th Congress.
  While there was much pomp and ceremony this week in welcoming all of 
the new Members to the House of Representatives, this week belonged to 
the American people.
  The American people sent a deafening message on November 2. It was 
that they wanted to see this national government end this era of 
borrowing and spending and of bailouts and takeovers and turn our 
national government back in the direction of fiscal responsibility and 
limited government.
  Madam Speaker, I rise this morning to say in this first week of this 
new Congress, if House Republicans got the message, we will keep our 
promises to the American people and more.
  If House Republicans got the message, we won't just extend tax rates 
for a couple of years; we will extend them permanently.
  If House Republicans got the message, we won't just find $100 billion 
in cuts; we will find more than $100 billion in cuts, and we will bring 
about the kind of long-term reform to change the size and scope of 
government.
  If House Republicans got the message, we won't just vote once to 
repeal ObamaCare; we will vote to repeal ObamaCare again and again 
until we consign their government takeover of health care to the ash 
heap of history--where it belongs.
  So welcome to the 112th Congress. The American people, this is your 
week.

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