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Read the quotes behind the chart here. See a list of the 111th Congress’ dumbest bills here.
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Rep. John Shimkus |
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“If we decrease the use of carbon dioxide, are we not taking away plant food from the atmosphere?…All our good intentions could be for vain.” |
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Rep. Joe Barton |
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“Wouldn’t it be ironic if in the interest of global warming we mandated massive switches to [wind] energy, which is a finite resource, which slows the winds down, which causes the temperature to go up?…It’s just something to think about.” |
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Rep. Bill Posey |
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“I could easily fill up a page listing all the activities an American needs to show their ID for…everything from playing youth soccer to getting a driver’s license, buying cigarettes and alcohol, to opening bank accounts and even playing Little League.” |
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Sen. Chuck Grassley |
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“You have every right to fear…We should not have a government program that determines if you’re going to pull the plug on Grandma.” |
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Rep. Trent Franks |
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“Barack Obama could solve this problem and make the birthers, you know, back off by simply showing us his long-form birth certificate…There’s some other issue, I don’t know what it is, that he doesn’t want people to see the birth certificate on.” |
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Sen. James Inhofe |
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“President Obama is obsessed with turning terrorists loose in America…Those of you who think like I do hope this country can hang on another 16 months.” |
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Rep. Louie Gohmert |
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“I would hate to think that among five women, one of ’em is gonna die because we go to socialized care.” |
Rep. Paul Broun |
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“You have to remember that Adolf Hitler was elected in a democratic Germany. I’m not comparing [Obama] to Adolf Hitler. What I’m saying is there is the potential of going down that road.” |
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Rep. Michele Bachmann |
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“What we have to do today is make a covenant, to slit our wrists, be blood brothers on this thing [health care]…We are looking at reaching down the throat and ripping the guts out of freedom. And we may never be able to restore it if we don’t man up.” |
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Rep. Steve King |
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“American patriotism is not imprinted on [Obama’s] mind or in his heart, because he wasn’t raised as an American.” |