congressional_record: CREC-2010-12-22-pt1-PgH8945-2

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CREC-2010-12-22-pt1-PgH8945-2 2010-12-22 111 2     THE RUMP CONGRESS HOUSE HOUSE ALLOTHER H8945 H8945 [{"name": "Tom McClintock", "role": "speaking"}]   156 Cong. Rec. H8945 Congressional Record, Volume 156 Issue 173 (Wednesday, December 22, 2010) [Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 173 (Wednesday, December 22, 2010)] [House] [Page H8945] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] THE RUMP CONGRESS (Mr. McCLINTOCK asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute.) Mr. McCLINTOCK. Madam Speaker, this lame duck session is rapidly descending into farce. I believe the House is now in danger of becoming a caricature of everything the American people rejected in November: incompetence, arrogance, and a complete detachment from reality. Nearly 2 months ago, the American people said very clearly they don't want this Congress legislating for them any longer. And instead of graciously and humbly accepting the public's verdict, the Democratic leaders seem intent to thumb their nose at the American people. Perhaps the most bitter indictment of a malingering legislative body was delivered by Cromwell to the Rump Parliament. His words seem appropriate now to this rump Congress: ``You have sat here too long for any good you have been doing. It is not fit that you should sit here any longer. You shall now give way to better men. Now depart and go, I say, in the name of God, go.'' ____________________

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