across the frozen delaware river on that miserable winter night, they began to read aloud from thomas payneated these words, it became their motto. "these are the times that try soldier,ls, the summer and the sunshine patriot will in this crisis shrink from the service of his country. but he who stands by it now deserves the thanks of man and woman, that is you. is not easilyill conquered yet we have this consolation with us that the heart of the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. triumphal we must and try off we will." theear friend's woke of reagan administration. we are fond of quoting the great ronald reagan. ronald reagan was fond of quoting thomas payne and he would recite them in a campaign to stop after campaign stop after campaign. whether in the primaries or in the general election. was notronald reagan part of the establishment, he was an outsider. like you and so many others throughout history, he had the curse to stand up and be counted. and for this, also like you, reagan and his supporters were disparaged and dismissed by the same a ruling class. i will give you a few e

, all of those people -- thomas payne wasn't a very religious man but he was big on rights. mrs. bachmann: we know what they would say. patrick henry said, give me liberty or give me death. they were willing to put their live, their honor, their sacred fortune on the line to fight for what the obama administration has been eager to deny to the american people which is freedom of speech, expression and religious liberty. that's what they would do. they would do far more than dump some boxes of tea into boston harbor. if they thought the tea party was strong now, you ain't seen nothing yet. we're going to see the american people rise up in force. they're unwilling to put duct tape willingly over their mouths, unwilling to put duct tape over their moral conscience. unwilling to put duct tapes over their hearts that have a heart for god. people will stand for freedom because that's -- it's written in our d.n.a. as americans. it's what we do for a living. we get up in the morning and we fight for liberty. it is who we are. the obama administration can pass an unconstitutional bil

back in the 18th century, the tories opposed independence thanks to thomas payne, an immigrant, the one radical case for separation from england emerged to win the day. the case for the abolition of slavery was so fiery there were wars, but with it came emancipation. women wanted the right to vote and won it. jim crow lost his fight with dr. king and civil rights became law. gays today are winning the battle for full acceptance and marriage quality. the same is true of the social safety net. ronald reagan championed the fight against medicare. the republicans voted as a block against affordable care. and in each case the liberals won, eventually. even as the struggle heads to another test this november with the gop rear guard sniping away at health care, promising to chop away at the social safety net that the progressives have built in this country. and every voter obviously has a stake. john heineman is the co-author of "double down" and jonathan capehart is a columnist with "the washington post." both are proud and needed msnbc political analysts. gentleman, i want you to look at a c

ronald reagan was fond of quoting thomas payne and he would recite them in a campaign stop after campaignp after campaign stop. whether in the primaries or in the general election. you see ronald reagan was not part of the establishment, he was an outsider. like you and so many others throughout history, he had the and like you in so many others throughout history, he had the courage to stand up and be counted. and for this, also like you, reagan and his supporters were disparaged and dismissed by the same ruling class. i will give you a few examples. , 1974.will reagan is 63, and he looks it. his hair is still remarkably free of gray, but around the mouth and neck he looks like an old man. he has never demonstrated substantial national appeal. hard-core support today consists primarily of the, causing conservatives -- of the

back in the 18th century, the tories opposed independence thanks to thomas payne, an immigrant, the onecal case for separation from england emerged to win the day.

thomas payne said a body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody. [applause] as public servants, we must be forthright in our actions and fully accountable to those that have the privilege to serve. as citizens, we must hold those in public office to the highest standard of accountability. because unaccountability has always been the refuge of scandal makers and stubbornly bad government policy. for the last five years now, five long years, president obama has put this maxim to the test for five years. he is advocated for a larger, more intrusive federal government. thefive long years, president refused to take responsibility for his own actions. let's look at the record briefly. when it was revealed that eric holder's justice department had knowingly allowed weapons to be smuggled to mexican drug cartels, did we get accountability? we got a cover-up. when one those weapons showed up at the murder scene of u.s. border patrol agent brian terry, i ask you, did we get accountability? >> no. >> when the president invoked executive privilege and the dam

back this the 18th century, the tories opposed independence thanks to thomas payne,

back this the 18th century, the tories opposed independence thanks to thomas payne, an immigrant, the one radical case for separation from england emerged to win the day. the move to abolition of slavery, but with it came emancipation. women wanted the right to vote and won it. jim crow lost his fight with dr. king and civil rights became law. gays today are winning the battle for full acceptance and marriage quality. the same is true of the safety net. ronald reagan championed the fight against medicare. the republicans voted as a block against affordable care. and in each case the liberals won, eventually. even as the struggle heads to another test this november with the gob rear guard sniping away at health care, and every voter obviously has a stake. john heineman is the co-author of "double down" and jonathan capehart is a columnist with "the washington post." both are proud and needed msnbc analysts. a republican out in arizona going after the social safety net. if you want to see by the way how hell bent some republicans are, take a look at this. buzzfeed is reporting this cong

ronald reagan was fond of quoting thomas payne and he would recite them in a campaign stop after campaignmpaign stop. whether in the primaries or in the general election. you see ronald reagan was not part of the establishment, he was an outsider. like you and so many others throughout history, he had the courage to stand up and be counted. and for this, also like you, reagan and his supporters were disparaged and dismissed by the same ruling class. i will give you a few examples. george will, 1974. "reagan is 63. and he looks it. his hair is remarkably free of gray but around the neck and mouth he looks like an old man. he has never demonstrated national appeal and his hard-core support today consisted primarily of the kamikaze conservatives who thought the goldwater campaign was jolly fun. there is reason to doubt that reagan is well-suited to appeal to the electorate that produced the democratic landslide." george will. chuck percy, former republican senator from illinois. "a reagan nomination and a crushing defeat likely to follow could signal the beginning of the end of our party in

thomas payne said a body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought to not to be trusted bylause] as public servants, we must be forthright in our actions and fully accountable to those that we have the privilege to serve. as citizens, we must hold those in public office to the highest standard of accountability. because unaccountability has always been the refuge of autocrats, scandal makers and stubbornly bad government policy . for the last five years now, five long years, president obama has put this maxim to the test. he has advocated for a larger, more intrusive total government -- federal government. for five long years, the president has refused to take responsibility for his own actions. let's look at the record briefly. when it was revealed that eric holder's justice department had let weapons be smuggled to mexican drug cartels, did we get ?ccountability act oh > no! >> when the president invoked executive privilege and a state department official dared to speak the truth about that terrible night in benghazi, a night when poor americans lost their lives, did we g

payne: thomas edison would appreciate this bipartisan bill which could turn out the lights , this partisan bill, excuse me, that will turn out the lights on our future national monuments that honor innovators such as him. i ask my colleagues to vote no on h.r. 1459 and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman from new jersey yields back. the gentleman from arizona reserves. the gentleman from washington. mr. hastings: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, i'm very pleased to yield five minutes to the sponsor of this legislation, the gentleman from utah, mr. bishop. the chair: the gentleman from utah is recognized for five minutes. mr. bishop: thank you, mr. chairman. and as i said on the rule, sometimes i am mazed -- amazed at the kind of misinformation and inaccuracy that's taken place about this bill. this bill does not stop parks, it does not stop monuments. we have heard about grand canyon being made a monument under this act, under this power. but it was a national forest before that and it was made a park by congress because only congress can make parks. the gentleman from delaware, i