Via ThinkProgress, here’s video of Rep. John Shimkus (R-Ill.) claiming at Wednesday’s House hearing that the Waxman-Markey climate bill is “largest assault on democracy and freedom in this country that I’ve ever experienced. I’ve lived through some tough times in Congress—impeachment, two wars, terrorist attacks. I fear this more than all of the above activities that have happened.”
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sindark Posted 12:38 pm
23 Apr 2009
Terrorists can kill people and blow up buildings, but they cannot change the law to make people less free or less able to control their own government.
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