House Proceeding on Apr 22nd, 2009 :: 0:03:40 to 0:04:50
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Ted Poe: immigration reform that will fix the economics and respect all families. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. poe: request permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. poe: mr. speaker, when the

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Speech By: Ted Poe

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Ted Poe: british crown initially ignored the boston tea party in 1733 and regarded the participants as rabble, authorities thought nothing would come of the protest. they, of course, were wrong. early americans were objecting to the british government for not responding to the concerns of theeople. now, this year tea parties, which means taxed enough already, were held throughout th exercised the absolute right

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Ted Poe: under the first amendment to, quote, peacefully assemble. most people seemed to be protesting spending and taxation. the critics said no one would show up. they, of course, were wrong. many in the media did not want to cover the events because frankly they were politically opposed to the idea so they called the protesters cooks and extremists. but thousands of americans,

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Ted Poe: normal taxpayers who work for a living and not beholden to government giveaway programs, showed up to let government know that citizens don't like government spending, they don't like the government spending so