[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10859]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                TYRANNY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

  (Mr. BRIDENSTINE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BRIDENSTINE. Mr. Speaker, the President decided to raise energy 
prices on all Americans, which adversely affects the poor the most--and 
he didn't ask Congress.
  The President decided to unilaterally reduce our strategic nuclear 
deterrent when more countries than ever have nuclear weapons. No 
treaty. That would require the consent of the Senate.
  The President has decided which health insurance plans the people are 
allowed to have. The President didn't ask Congress--or the people for 
that matter.
  The list goes on.
  In America, we are either moving more towards liberty or more towards 
tyranny. I think we should ask ourselves what tyranny would look like 
in the United States of America:
  An executive branch that picks and chooses which laws it wants to 
enforce; a judicial branch that would allow it to do so on the grounds 
that the executive branch did not defend the laws in court; the 
legislative branch would have very limited power because they turned it 
all over to the President; and the people would feel like they had no 
representation.
  The President told us he was going to fundamentally transform 
America, and I think that is exactly what he is doing.

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