House Proceeding 11-06-09 on Nov 6th, 2009 :: 2:40:30 to 2:44:55
Total video length: 6 hours 43 minutes Stream Tools: Stream Overview | Edit Time

Note: MetaVid video transcripts may contain inaccuracies, help us build a more perfect archive

Download OptionsEmbed Video

Views:3 Duration: 0:04:25 Discussion

Previous speech:

Next speech:

2:40:25 to 2:40:30( Edit History Discussion )

Tom Cole: the lives of the people were totally controlled by the government because the government, as they say, knew

2:40:30 to 2:44:55( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: Ted Poe

2:40:31 to 2:40:51( Edit History Discussion )

Ted Poe: better. made all the decisions for the people. made a decision, what town they lived in, what apartment they lived in. what job they had. where they worked. and gave them permission or not to even travel from town to town. and of course government made the -- also the decision and the

2:40:52 to 2:41:12( Edit History Discussion )

Ted Poe: control over their health care. i noticed as i went from clinic to clinic that the lines would be down the hall or down the street, 4:00 in the afternoon they shut the door, the people disappeared. the next day they'd come back and stand in line again hoping to get some of that government controlledationed health care. and i also noticed something

2:41:13 to 2:41:33( Edit History Discussion )

Ted Poe: more important than all of that. that the spirit of those russian people was broken. they had given up, they had given up on themselves and they'd given up on their government. eventually, of course, they were defeated as we say, when the wall came down, but they were not really defeated by the united states, by the west. they were defeated by their own

2:41:34 to 2:41:54( Edit History Discussion )

Ted Poe: government. because of their oppression and sub jew gation to government and government control of their lives. yes, in empire, as we called it, had the ultimate -- was the ultimate example of total government control. now, of course, we we are not the soviet union -- we are not

2:41:55 to 2:42:17( Edit History Discussion )

Ted Poe: the soviet union. i'm not saying that we are. but today we're engaged in the great debate of at least this century of health care. but it's a bigger issue than health care. the issue is about government corol of our lives. regardless of how you put the bill that's now over 2,000 pages, it changes the philosophy

2:42:18 to 2:42:38( Edit History Discussion )

Ted Poe: that the government now will control health care in this country rather than us as citizens. you know, the idea that government's going to save us all, we're goi down that road of government, more government, more government, more government and more government. you know, government's already the biggest employer in this country, it's the biggest consumer in this country, it's

2:42:39 to 2:43:00( Edit History Discussion )

Ted Poe: the biggest land owner in this country, it's the biggest spender in this country. it has most of the money and when it rums out of money it takes money from the people when they're alive and even when they're dead because of the death tax and this few months ago the government has taken the control over the financial industry, the mortgage industry, the banking industry and the --

2:43:01 to 2:43:21( Edit History Discussion )

Ted Poe: and the automobile industry just to name a few. but i do not believe that the people in this country are broken and they are not defeated. they showed it this week when they came to washington, d.c., and, mr. speaker, they were concerned about government. it's a bigger issue than health care. they're concerned about government running rough shod

2:43:22 to 2:43:43( Edit History Discussion )

Ted Poe: over their lives and they exercise even with all the criticand the cynics, including people in this house, they exercise their right under the first amendment to peaceably assemble and petition government to redress of grievances. it's in the first amendment. it's a good place for it to be. it's first because the first amendment is the most important.

2:43:44 to 2:44:04( Edit History Discussion )

Ted Poe: government. of government control over their lives. this health care bill is just one example of us moving down that road of government's going to take care ous all, it's going to save us all. mr. speaker, this country has never been great and will never be great because we have government programs.

2:44:05 to 2:44:25( Edit History Discussion )

Ted Poe: government programs did not make this cuntry what it is today. inviduals have made it. but also the individuals that had the right and have the right of liberty, to make decisions on their own rather than government taking care of them all. we are great because of the people that are here and that have not been defeated by the government of the united states.

2:44:26 to 2:44:46( Edit History Discussion )

Ted Poe: so i would hope that we in this house would turn against the temptation of turning everything over to government. and this is one place where we can put the brakes on and say no to government running the health of this nation. because government doesn't do it better. you know, this government-run

2:44:47 to 2:44:55( Edit History Discussion )

Ted Poe: health care plan has the competence of fema, the efficiency of the post office and the compassion of the i.r.s. and we should start over and f