[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12676]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        ORDINARY FOLKS EXCLUDED

  (Mr. HOLT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HOLT. Mr. Speaker, it seems whenever important decisions are made 
by a few people inside a room inside the Beltway, ordinary folks are 
not only excluded from the room but seem to be excluded from the minds 
of the people in the room.
  I'm talking about ordinary folks working to keep their heads above 
water; ordinary folks working to keep their mortgage, keep their homes; 
retirees living on a fixed income; students hoping to have help in 
going to college; those who are working to improve people's health and 
our Nation's energy supply--ordinary folks.
  What makes anyone think that a supercommittee of 12 people operating 
in a room inside the Beltway in November is going to do a better job 
looking after the interests of ordinary folks.

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