Rep. Walter Jones (R) N.C. on the House Floor today

I HAVE COME DOWN AND LISTENED AND HAVE A FEW MINUTES TO SHARE MY THOUGHTS ON THIS BECAUSE I THINK THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN MY DISTRICT ARE GOD-FEARING, CONSTITUTIONAL-LOVING AMERICANS LIKE ANYBODY ELSE'S DISTRICT AND PEOPLE ACROSS THIS NATION.

I REGRET THAT I WAS TOO WEAK TO VOTE MY CONSCIENCE WE HAD THE PATRIOT ACT.

I DID NOT FEEL GOOD BUT AS AN AMERICAN WHO LOVES THE CONSTITUTION AND BELIEVES IN THE CIVIL LIBERTIES THAT ARE GUARANTEED THAT THIS COUNTRY FOR TOOMS HAS SOLD ITSELF TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO TAKE CARE OF IT.

AND I MAKE REFERENCE TO A BOOK NAPOLITANO.

THAT WAS WRITTEN BY JUDGE ANDREW WELL KNOWN CONSTITUTIONAL LAWYER TIME.

WHO IS ON FOX NEWS FROM TIME TO THE TITLE OF THE BOOK IS CALLED "NATION OF SHEEP." HE WROTE THIS BOOK IN 2007, YEARS AFTER WE PASSED THE PATRIOT ACT.

AND HE GOES THROUGH EVERY ASPECT OF THE PATRIOT ACT THAT HE BELIEVES SINCERELY IS A SERIOUS VIOLATION OF THE CIVIL LIBERTIES OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE JUST A COUPLE OF HIS COMMENTS.

HE SAID THAT THE GREATEST DANGERS TO OUR FREEDOMS LIE HIDDEN IN A GOVERNMENT THAT HAS SEIZED THEM FROM US AND THAT VIGILANCE AND NATURAL LAW CAN SAVE US FROM THE POWER-HUNGRY BUREAUCRATS.

HE STATED IN THE BOOK THE INALIENABLE RIGHT COMES FROM GOD AND ELEMENT OF HUMANITY THAT CAN'T BE GIVEN UP OR LEGISLATED AWAY.

LET US NOT LEGISLATE AWAY OUR LIBERTY.

AND MY COLLEAGUES WHO VOTED AGAINST THIS WILL VOTE NO ON THIS RE-AUTHORIZATION BECAUSE IT SHOULD GO TO A HEARING AND SHOULD BE VERY CAREFUL AND I HOPE AND PRAY THAT MAYBE WE WILL BE ABLE TO DEFEAT THIS TONIGHT.

I KNOW THE ODDS ARE AGAINST THAT.

BUT MR. CHAIRMAN, I WILL ASK GOD TO CONTINUE TO BLESS AMERICA AND BLESS THE CONSTITUTION AND AS NAPOLITANO SAYS, LET'S NOT BE A NATION OF SHEEP.

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Voting Record here ---> http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2011/roll036.xml