They say it’s always darkest before the dawn.  I guess that sums up the situation last week when Congress rammed through it’s fatally flawed Health Care Reform legislation.  Despite a year of protests, demonstrations and town hall meetings, Congress ignored us and voted in defiance of the will of the people.

When the final vote was taken, the big government, big spender, take it or leave it, politicians were standing tall over “We the people.”  They had succeeded in stampeding the Pro-Life Democrat coalition to accept a worthless executive order in exchange for their vote on a law that would enable federal dollars to be used to fund abortions.  Billions of dollars in pork-laden earmarks were wasted in order to buy the Blue-dog Democrat votes necessary to pass the bill.  More importantly, Congress exceeded their constitutional authority and for the first time passed a law that orders you to buy a specific service.  For those of us who believe in no federal funding for abortions, balanced budgets, and defending the Constitution, this was indeed our darkest hour.

Even those who voted for the bill have little reason to celebrate.  When all you have to celebrate is the creation of a new TRILLION dollar entitlement program that actually increases cost instead of decreasing them, that is cause to worry.  The proof in the pudding will tell when we see how many members of Congress will hold a town hall meeting during their Easter recess to explain their “yes” vote on the health care bill.  (Probably not too many takers on that idea.)

Fortunately, the light of day draws closer with each passing moment.  Over the next seven months we will examine their handiwork and highlight the hidden taxes, government mandates and special interest giveaways that have been foisted upon us.  We will confront them with their record of broken promises, litany of lies and secret deals used to achieve their real goal of creating a larger government at our expense.  And lest we forget, we will hold our current Congressman, Steny Hoyer, accountable for his vote and the leadership role he played in defying our will.

Yes, we may have lost the vote on health care, but we will have the final word this coming November when we remove Mr. Hoyer, and those who followed his lead, from Congress.  When that happens we really will be able to bask in the light of a new day for Maryland.

Regards,

Charles Lollar
Candidate for Congress in
Maryland’s 5th Congressional District