House Proceeding 07-14-09 on Jul 14th, 2009 :: 0:11:55 to 0:13:10
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John Abney Culberson: i yieldack. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. culberson: to address the house for one minute. revise and extend. objection. mr. culberson: madam speaker, this is a historic day, but not for the reasons my colleague just specified. today is the first day in american history the national

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Speech By: John Abney Culberson

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John Abney Culberson: deficit has reached $1 trillion. we in this congress have an obligation to do everything we can to preserve the financial integrity of this nation for future generations, and as a texan, i know the solution is very simple. it's one that is embodied in these wonderful stars which were born by soldiers in the army of the republican of texas. this is a star worn by a young

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John Abney Culberson: man who served in the marine corps of the republic of texas. the lone star symbolizes for texans that the solution is to our problem as a nation, leave us alone, let texas run texas. stick to the constitution. the very -- the federal government needs to stick to the very limited leave us alone. stay away from my bank account,

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John Abney Culberson: my pocket, get off my back, out of my way. stay away from my home, family, kids, job, church, synagogue. let texans run texas. let ohio run ohio. that's what these young men were fighting for in the army of the