Jim Jordan

But the facts, I think, support my conclusion.

I know there are a lot of people in Mansfield, Ohio, a lot of people I have the privilege of representing, who would like to see that.

It looks like these 10 guys on the auto task force, who have no experience in the auto dealer business, no experience in the auto manufacturing business, are actually running the company.

How do you expect to compete with the government?

This has not changed. This is definitely more of the same.

The Obama administration's decision to embrace the Bush legacy on the state secrets doctrine has all the elements of hypocrisy.

I even heard the President the other day say that we cannot sustain this deficit spending.

If the Fed will not monetize the debt and if the Congress refuses to deal with the spending curve, which will average about 23 percent of GDP for the next 10 years, that is either going to leave us with a massive tax increase or massive…

But to use again the words that Mr. Nader used, when do you believe we crossed the line?

Do You Want a Car Built by Bureaucrats?

I don't think you can ever have free trade with a country that is a dictatorship, because a dictatorship dictates costs, it dictates wage levels and no unions and dictates pollution at will, it dictates bribery.

When an unelected little task force, operating in secret a few days ago can tell Chrysler to terminate 780 dealers, averaging 60 jobs per dealer, that is 45,000 jobs, against Chrysler's will, because it doesn't cost anything for Chrysler…

There are clear precedents for this branch enacting very complicated statutes and taking the accountability that the Constitution anticipates.

Who is going to go pick at a bankruptcy judge? You can't have the response that the democratic process anticipates.

When a company in 2008 can sell 8.1 million cars, 3 million in this country, over 1 million in China, the rest around the world and be considered a basket case unworthy of detailed congressional examination and policy making, along with…

That is a very, very alarming power to delegate to someone who sits for 14 years because the court of appeals appointed him there.

The reason why the Founding Fathers entrusted legislative power to this branch was because you are politically accountable.

I have talked to my friend, Dan Lungren, who was here at the time. He said we were told if you don't pass these tougher sentences on crack cocaine, then it is a racist move.

One thing that I do believe with all my heart is that when these laws were passed, the proponents of these laws, like Chairman Rangel, believed it was the best thing.

The problem with socialism is that soon enough you run out of other people's money.

I actually believe that government, this Congress, created some incentives out there some years ago for people to borrow and spend irresponsibly.

The injured need care and support, and the companies upon which people rely for their livelihoods and support for their families need to know that the next time they are needed, they can again respond without a moment's hesitation.

In closing, let me say that support for this bill should be universal. There should be no divide along party lines.

We responded to this attack. This was an attack on our country. This was an attack by foreign terrorists.

This is a Federal constitutional right we are dealing with and the Federal Government has the responsibility of making sure that right is vindicated either by funding indigent defense or making--or assuring that the states fund it…