On the recordJuly 7, 2016
You know, it is amazing. Many of us--and I am not suggesting you--get elected to Congress, and we are in awe of the fact that we come from where we come when we get to Congress. I am in that category. I am very blessed. There are others who come to Congress, and it seems that they come to Congress to undo Congress and undo the government. We are the greatest nation on Earth. How did we get that? Obviously, the fighting and the working spirit of the American people. But it was also the protections placed on the American people; the fact that children were told you have to go to school, the fact that we try to get the best water. We spoke before about an immigration issue. I don't call it a problem. Why does it exist? Because people still know that we are the greatest country on Earth, and they want to come here. So a lot of what you see as government intrusion, a lot of what you see as government being a pain could actually be some of the reasons that we became the great country we are. We just didn't let people go on their own and hurt each other, and so on. We had people elected by the people to say: Hey, hold on. Why don't we do this? Why don't we do that? Why don't we curtail this? Why don't we grow that? And we continue to do that. So we disagree. I think we are great because we have certain rules to follow. And we follow them well. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR.…
