[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 123 (Tuesday, September 16, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1760]
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VOTE CLARIFICATION ON ISTOOK AMENDMENT IN THE LABOR, HHS APPROPRIATIONS 
                        ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1998

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                            HON. BUD SHUSTER

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 16, 1997

  Mr. SHUSTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to clarify my position with 
regard to two votes I made on September 9, 1997. The votes were 
rollcall Nos. 378 and 379, concerning Mr. Istook's amendment No. 3 to 
the Labor, Health and Human Services Appropriations Act for fiscal year 
1998. My vote on rollcall No. 378, Mr. Castle's substitute to Mr. 
Istook's amendment, was recorded as aye. I pressed the incorrect button 
and my vote should have been no. In regard to rollcall vote 379, my 
vote was recorded correctly as opposing Mr. Istook's amendment as 
amended by Mr. Castle's substitute. My position has been quite clear in 
the past with regard to Federal funding under title X of the Public 
Health Service Act. The fact that a doctor must have parental 
permission to give a minor an aspirin, but not contraceptives is 
bewildering to me. Even though it was defeated, I am in support of Mr. 
Istook's language, and will continue in the future to maintain the 
position that a child and parent relationship should not be undermined 
by legislative means.

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