mrs. bachmann: thank you. congressman akin you were involved with the deck lauation -- declaration of health care independence, every member here was involved. i was with louie gohmert and one of his constituents walked up to me and got 1,000 signatures to sign for that declaration of health care independence. one voice that hasn't been heard loud in this health care debate is that of the american people. she gave me not only a thousand signatures but also took comments from the people. i wanted, if i could, to read one page as my contribution tonight because i think it's important here in the most important democratic body in the history of the world, the united states house of representatives, the american people should have their voice heard tonight because they haven't had it. with your permission, let me read a few of those comments. mr. akin spak that sounds like it would be -- mr. akin: thank you that sounds like it would be very interesting. we had 2,200 people come to a town hall meeting today we shou

mrs. bachmann, would you like to add to the conversation? mrs. bachmann: thank you so much. i appreciate the gentlelady from ohio for inviting me. i also want to honor her for her service as the head of the pro-life women's caucus here in the united states congress. we benefit greatly from your leadership and we appreciate all that you do. this is the first issue that all of us have to deal with, the issue of life, going all the way back to the declaration of independence. if you look at the declaration, the unalienable rights, the rights that no government can give, no government could take away, that were given to each one of us, the very personal right by our creator, the first one is life. and that's why this issue is central in every debate that we have. how will we as an american government and society deal with vouch saving life? -- vouchsafing life? because in the declaration it says that governments were instituted to secure the unalienable of life. that's why we are here. to make sure life is a value we uphold and safe. i appreciate so much the chart that the cheal

mrs. bachmann: madam speaker, yesterday was a historic day. we saw the passage of the job-killing government takeover of health care, 18% of our economy. but we want the american people know that today many of us are introducing the identical legislation. i've introduced the repeal of yesterday's law, as did my colleague, steve king, as well as many of my other colleagues today. we will not stand for the federal government taking over 18% of the health care sector. from the inception of bailout nation in september of 2008 until last night, the federal government has taken over an astounding 48% of the private economy in the last 18 months. this is unprecedented. we will not allow this to stand, and that's why we've introduced this important legislation. this fall we'll take back a constitutional conservative majority, and after the next presidential election, we will repeal this bill. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker

mrs. bachmann: to address the house for five minutes, revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mrs. bachmann: madam speaker, thank you. madam speaker, i'd like to congratulate the president today. mr. president, you are halfway there. with the president's signature on a health care bill today, the federal government has now taken outright ownership or control of 50% of the american economy. the president can rightly say that he has transformed america. since the inception of bailout nation in september of 2008, with the passage of the $700 billion tarp bailout, the federal government loll -- the government's loll pa losea takeover is under way. president obama fully embraced the $700 billion bailout plan during the first of his presidential debates with senator john mccain. during december of 2008 president-elect obama insisted that outgoing president george bush released billions of dollars to create the automobile task force for the purpose of preventing general motors and chrysler motors from filing for bankruptcy. but like most go

mrs. bachmann: mr.speaker, i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks in opposition to this dangerous health care bill. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. dreier: i would like to yield to the the gentleman from colorado, mr. could have man. mr. coffman: i ask unanimous consent to extend and revise my remarks in opposition to this flawed health bill. mr. dreier: i yield to mr. hoekstra. mr. hoekstra: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks in opposition to this flawed health care bill the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. dreier: i yield to the the gentleman from iowa, mr. king. mr. king: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks in opposition to this flawed health care bill. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. dreier: for unanimous consent request, i yield to our friend from indianapolis, mr. burton. mr. burton: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks in opposition to this flawed healt

mr. bart today for five minutes. ms. ros-lehtinen today for five minutes and also for march 24. and ms. bachmann for today for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from nevada rise? ms. titus: i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and any special orders heretofore entered into, the following members may be permitted to address the house for five minutes and revise and stepped their remarks and include extraneous material. ms. berkley from nevada for five minutes. ms. titus from navy five minutes. ms. woolsey from california, five minutes. mr. defazio from oregon, five minutes. ms. kaptur from ohio for five minutes. and ms. jackson lee from texas for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009 and under a previous order of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each. mr. poe from texas. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. gohmert: ask to address the house for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore