House Proceeding 02-22-10 on Feb 22nd, 2010 :: 1:55:40 to 1:57:10
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1:55:22 to 1:55:42( Edit History Discussion )

Steve King: you being engaged in the fight. i'm a marine. you're not a marine, but you're a fighter and i appreciate that. mr. king: reclaiming my time. i thank my good friend from georgia who is there when i need him and he shows up before i realize i need him. i just - mr. speaker, there are certain bonds that get built

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Speech By: Steve King

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Steve King: here in t house of representatives and there are people who are working late at night and pushing an agenda, those that carry the constitution in their pocket and those that believe it. some that carry the constitution in their pocket that believe it is a living and breathing document.

1:56:04 to 1:56:26( Edit History Discussion )

Steve King: that way of thinking is the way of thinking that says there is no guarantee whatsoever that the constitution is not only a protection of the rights of the majority. it's the protection of the rights of the minority. whichever side of that equation you have to be on. it's in that liberty we have that is not just in the document, but something we have to preserve and protect.

1:56:27 to 1:56:47( Edit History Discussion )

Steve King: and those that set about with the argument that it is a breathing and living document are undermining our liberty and turning it over to peopl in black robes who can decide on what they believe the constitution is supposed to say. so i pose the question and i posed this question to chief

1:56:48 to 1:57:08( Edit History Discussion )

Steve King: judge rehnquist that if it doesn't mean what it says at the time of its ratification, then what has it become? has it become just an art fact of history or is it a shield that liberal judicial activists can hold up to protect themselves from the criticism of

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Steve King: the public, that they don't have