Culberson Calls for an Investigation into ACORN 

Yesterday Conservatives ensured that not another dime of your hard earned tax dollars is spent on the corrupt community organization ACORN. By a margin of 345-75, the House voted to cut off all federal funding to ACORN.  In addition to the vote, I was able to gain assurance from Rep. John Conyers (D-MI), Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, that he would hold hearings investigating the indisputable criminal activity we have seen broadcast in the media and on the internet. You can view the text of the letter here.

This week marked the 222nd anniversary of the signing our nation’s Constitution. Great advances have been made over these 222 years, but sadly, the America our founding fathers envisioned is not the country we live in today.  In a letter to Joseph Cabal, Thomas Jefferson said “the way to have good and safe government is not to trust it all to one, but to divide it among the many, distributing to every one exactly the functions he is competent to.” He went on to caution, “What has destroyed liberty and the rights of man in every government which has ever existed under the sun? The generalizing and concentrating all cares and power into one body …”

Our government has not heeded Jefferson’s warning. The federal government now controls portions of the auto industry, the banking industry, the insurance industry, the rail industry and is aiming to take over the health care industry. I believe we need to return to the intent of our founding fathers – trusting and empowering individual Americans instead of the federal government. By taking this simple step, we will return our nation to the days of glory that began 222 years ago.