[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 112 (Wednesday, July 12, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H6838]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION OF DOW CORNING NEEDED

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, I want to talk about Medicare, Medicaid, 
and SSI, because the taxpayers for those programs will be paying for 
the sins of Dow Corning--Dow Corning, that told hundreds of thousands 
of American women that silicone breast implants were safe.
  The Harvard Nurses Study just came out and said there are no health 
risks. By the way, that was paid for by Dow Corning.
  Mr. Speaker, is there any justice left? If there is, ask Grace Nero's 
family in my district. Grace passed away on Independence Day after 
complications from surgery from breast implants, a blood clot.
  Dow Corning manipulated Federal bankruptcy laws to avoid a $4 billion 
settlement. Dow Corning in fact lied to the American people, and I am 
asking U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno to investigate possible 
criminal charges.
  Dow Corning lied to Congress. Does Congress care anymore? Anybody 
just comes up here and lies to you? Do we really govern around here? To 
me, this is unbelievable. Congress should support an investigation of 
Dow Corning.


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