PETITION to the Speaker of the U.S. House and the Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate Whereas the U.S. Declaration of Independence states “that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed;” Whereas the U.S. Constitution grants the federal government specific, limited and delegated powers; Whereas the House and Senate spend an average of about 1,000 hours per year in session; The Constitution is 4,400 words in length and would take less than two hours to read out loud; Whereas, every member of Congress swears an oath to protect and defend the U.S. Constitution; Therefore, we the undersigned urge the United States House and Senate to have read aloud in each chamber the U.S. Constitution in its entirety at the start of the One Hundred Twelfth Congress, and Article 1 Section 8 of the Constitution to be read aloud on the first legislative day of each month the Congress is in session.