1.3 Million Petition Signatures Delivered to Congress
Led by radio talk show host Mike Gallagher, using an ambulance and a stretcher, Salem Radio Networks along with the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) delivered an unprecedented 1.3 million petition signatures to Congress today opposing the government takeover of health care. At 61,000 pages long it is the largest petition ever delivered to Congress.
The petitions were presented to Republican leaders in Congress including House Minority Leader John Boehner (Ohio), House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (Va.), House Conference Chairman Mike Pence (Ind.) and Republican Study Committee Chairman Tom Price (Ga.). Accepting from the Senate were Sens. Jim DeMint (S.C.) and Kay Bailey Hutchison (Texas).
“I accept these petitions from the American people,” Boehner said at the ceremony. “I just want to say to the 1.3 million people who signed the petition we will not let you down.”