Open Letter to Congressman Glenn Nye March 22, 2010

Thank you for voting NO on passage of the health care legislation.

I hope that you will continue to vote in a manner that: (1) reaffirms constitutional principles (viz., the government's responsibility is to protect our individual rights, which come from God not government, and health care is not a right, it is a good or service); (2) precludes enactment of regulatory reforms that carry the force of law, while circumventing the congress and the will of the people; and (3) acting in a fiscally responsible manner that reduces the on-balance sheet and off-balance sheet liabilities of the Country.

To accomplish such an agenda will require moral courage and persistence. It will also require you to be honest with your constituents about what we can afford and what we cannot afford; what is a right and what is a privilege; and what you have authority to do and what you do not have authority to do under the Constitution. I know this will be difficult because Democrats think so much of the rule of law that they appointed Congressman Alcee Hastings to the rules committee. He was a Federal Judge for 10 years. Jimmy Carter appointed him a U.S. District judge in 1979 and, two years later, Hastings accepted a $150,000 bribe which led to his impeachment. Seven years later, House Democrats weighed in to add perjury to the charges against him and in 1989 he became "the sixth federal judge in the history of the United States to be removed from office by the Senate." He is also the congressman who recently stated " when the deal [health care] goes down, all this talk about rules, we make them up, as we go along."

We are in historic times and I really do appreciate your NO vote on health care. But if you think that it was simply good political calculus, voting NO because sufficient YEA votes were present to pass the bill and therefore voting in the negative would allow you to fight another day, rest assured, your constituents are far more actively engaged in this process now and will examine every vote you make. My pledge to you is that I will keep an open mind and judge your performance by your record and not the company you keep.