I do think it is important to remember, as well, that, you know, we gave this unprecedented authority to the government and the results have not been what we expected.

The status quo is untenable, it is dangerous for a constitutional democratic Republic; solutions have been offered.

I cannot imagine they were serious about that.

We cannot lie anymore. Neither can we put forward resolutions that are unconstitutional or based on wishful thinking.

The key point for us is this: The status quo is untenable, it is dangerous for a constitutional democratic Republic.

If you are asking if I supported the bailout, I did not. I did not vote for the initial $700 billion bailout.

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.

But the facts, I think, support my conclusion.

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?

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

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

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

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…

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

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

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…

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

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.

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.

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

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