Galaxie
Jr. Member
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« on: July 17, 2018, 10:17:51 PM » |
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Mr. Speaker,
Gentlemen, I have yet to see anything near an attempt at a solution regarding the Crisis in Westsylvania. This Nation, as I'm sure all of you remember, was not founded on waiting for a crisis to boil over, or disappear. Nay, it was founded on action.
As a member of this Congress, it has been repeated to me time and time again that the people of these United States are the prime movers of our democratic system. In them lies the answer to our problems in Westsylvania.
I lament the fact that the state has not had the audacity nor the foresight to act on this issue beforehand. We have, however, given the state government of Pennsylvania more than enough time to act on the crisis within its borders. All it has done, gentlemen, is arrest a man without trial. Guilty or not, he must be afforded the luxury of equal protection under our constitution.
It is with this in mind that I have taken it upon myself to implore the federal government to act in Pennsylvania's -- and Virginia's -- stead. We are carrying out federal elections regardless, gentlemen. All this is is one more question on the ballot.
In regards to my fellow delegate from Pennsylvania, if this is indeed a gross overreach of federal boundaries, let our newly minted courts be the judge. In regards to others, and to the people of Pennsylvania and Virginia at large, I am interested in an amendment to expand the referendum to the entirety of these two states. While I believe that the people of Westsylvania deserve to be heard as the region they have declared themselves, I also believe that the rest of these states must be heard as well -- I, for one, am a Pennsylvanian myself.
More than anything, Delegates, I believe this act must serve as a conduit for discussion -- and resolution -- regarding a crisis in our frontiers. If we discuss and act prudently, may we be remembered honorably by our posterity. If we fail, may they view us with disdain.
I yield.
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