[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5676]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         PROTECT OUR POSTERITY

  (Mr. SOUTHERLAND asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SOUTHERLAND. Mr. Speaker, I hold in my hand today the 
Constitution of the United States. It begins by saying: ``We the people 
of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish 
justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, 
promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to 
ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution 
for the United States of America.''
  I have a very, very short time here today, but I will say that 
irresponsible spending of the Federal Government does not form a more 
perfect Union. As a matter of fact, it forms a more imperfect Union. It 
establishes injustice. It ensures domestic chaos. It provides for the 
uncommon defense. It destroys the general welfare, and it endangers the 
blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.
  Based on this very Constitution that I hold in my hand, the direction 
that we are heading violates the will of the people. It is time for us 
to stop arguing and get on with the work of the people and protect our 
posterity for generations to come.

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