[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 28 (Monday, February 13, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H1621]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                           CONFIRM DR. FOSTER

  (Mr. LEWIS of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LEWIS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to say that the 
nomination of Dr. Henry Foster as Surgeon General of the United States 
is a choice of great vision.
  This nomination should not and must not be about how many abortions 
Dr. Foster has performed. Those who oppose a woman's right to choose 
must take that fight somewhere else. Every woman in America has the 
right to choose--that is the law of the land. Dr. Foster has done 
nothing wrong.
  Dr. Foster has done a great deal that is right. He has become a 
leading authority on reducing infant mortality and preventing teen 
pregnancy and drug abuse.
  This is a man who has spent a lifetime working to improve the lives 
of others. It is clear to me that Dr. Foster should be confirmed as 
Surgeon General. There are no more questions that need to be answered. 
Dr. Foster should be confirmed and he should be confirmed now.


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