On the recordMarch 26, 2012
The Founders purposely defined the role of government in the U.S. Constitution to protect ``We the people'' from the chains of government. Today, the United States Supreme Court began 3 days of oral arguments on the nationalized health care law. The issue: whether or not the Federal Government has the constitutional authority to force citizens to buy government-approved insurance. But much more than that is at stake. Mr. Speaker, if this law stands, it is the end of limited government as we know it and the beginning of unlimited government forced upon the people. Citizens are frightened. Our ancestors were forced to pay a tax on tea, so they threw the British tea in the sea. This nationalized health care law should be thrown into the sea of government oppression. If the Supreme Court upholds this law, we will be on a path of return to the philosophy of the British Crown, where Americans were mere subjects of omnipotent, unlimited government. Then the constitutional days of limited government will drown in the abyss of the sea. And that's just the way it is. ____________________
