Washington D.C. - Rep. Lungren addressed his colleagues about the passion he experienced following his latest health care town hall on Sept 19th in the city of Galt :

'There's been a lot of attention to the fact that Members of Congress held town hall meetings during the month of August and there was a bunch of discussion about the passion that was expressed there. Well, it's now September and we are still holding town hall meetings. I had one last Saturday in my district. Let me tell you the passion is still there. The average citizen in my district looks to congress to do the right thing and they are not satisfied, they are not pleased, they are not happy in any way, shape, or form with respect to the Obama health care plan."

"In its various versions here in the House of Representatives and United States Senate, they have asked me to convey to my colleagues the fact that they are concerned about the size of government, cost of government, the size of taxation, and the amount we are imposing on our children and our grandchildren. They want us to get serious about those things. They don't want us to give up on them and by the way, Mr. Speaker, they are not mobs. They are not un-American. They are the very essence of America. They come to my meetings in ones, twos, and threes, they are everyday Americans wanting a responsive House of Representatives that recognizes simple truth."

"Thank you, Mr. Speaker."