On the recordDecember 8, 2010
And Members of the House, as we stand here this evening and debate this terribly misnamed bill, the American people face not a dream but a host of unmistakable realities: double-digit unemployment; a social service delivery system--most particularly, Social Security--that is terribly broken; their children and their grandchildren who simply cannot afford to go to school; and a national debt of over $14 trillion and growing by the hour, which really jeopardizes our collective future; and a Nation, Mr. Speaker and Members of the House, where too often the rule of law yields to self-term expediency. The reality is this is a very bad piece of public policy. It's, I think, well-intended. I respect the sponsors, as I said in my comments on the rule. But at the end of the day, this is a bill that America cannot afford.
