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Defund Action

Floor Speech

Date: Sept. 16, 2009
Location: Washington, D.C.
Issues: Business and Consumers Criminal Justice Elections

Mr. BILIRAKIS. Madam Speaker, I rise today to share my outrage about corruption at ACORN. Illegal activities at the ACORN offices in Baltimore, in Washington, D.C. and in Miami show that corruption is not isolated. Already under suspicion for disturbing activities such as voter fraud in the 2008 elections, ACORN employers encourage prostitution, tax fraud and human trafficking. This culture of corruption must stop.

Madam Speaker, I, for one, will not sit idle and allow my taxpayer constituents to be swindled by an organization that receives millions in Federal funds.

Yesterday, I signed a letter to President Obama, asking him to disclose and terminate all taxpayer funding of ACORN. In addition, I have cosponsored a bill which will stop the Federal funding of this reprehensible enterprise. I call on Speaker Pelosi to bring this legislation to the floor for a vote so that we can stop subsidizing this outrageous and illegal activity. We owe it to our constituents.


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