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2005 Ron Paul Chapter 28 Ron Paul’s Congressional website ... Cached Congressional Record [.PDF] HON. RON PAUL OF TEXAS BEFORE THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 14, 2005 Reject the Latest Foreign Welfare Scheme 2005 Ron Paul 28:1 Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to this legislation. We have absolutely no constitutional authority to establish a commission to “assist” parliaments throughout the world. Despite all the high-sounding rhetoric surrounding this legislation, we should not fool ourselves. This is nothing more than yet another scheme to funnel United States tax dollars to foreign governments. It is an international welfare scheme and an open door to more U.S. meddling in the internal affairs of foreign countries. 2005 Ron Paul 28:2 How can we tell an American family struggling to pay its bills that it must pay more taxes so a foreign parliament can purchase fancy plasma screen televisions, or the latest computer equipment, or ultra-modern communications equipment? Can anyone here justify this? 2005 Ron Paul 28:3 Mr. Speaker, this bill will do more than just take money from Americans. This commission will enable members of Congress and congressional staff employees to travel the world meddling in the affairs of foreign governing bodies. It is counterproductive to tell other nations how they should govern themselves, as even if we come loaded with dollars to hand out, our meddling is always resented by the local population -- just as we would resent a foreign government telling us how to govern ourselves. Don’t we have enough of our own problems to solve without going abroad in search of foreign parliaments to aid? 2005 Ron Paul 28:4 I urge my colleagues to reject this wasteful and counterproductive scheme.

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