[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 147 (Thursday, October 15, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H10923]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               WE DO NOTHING TO HARM THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

  (Mr. GEKAS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GEKAS. Mr. Speaker, do-nothing indeed. Members forget that just 
about a month ago the President of the United States signed into law a 
little recognized bill that we had been working on for about 2 or 3 
years, the Bio Materials Access bill. This provides a steady flow of 
vital materials to people who need medical devices like hip 
replacements, and heart shunts and brain shunts. That was a bill that 
this do-nothing Congress put into place and attacked the problems of 
health care, prevention of disease and products liability all in one 
bill. The President signed it right after we promoted it and passed it 
into law.
  Do-nothing indeed. That is a slander to say something like that.
  At the same time we passed an IRS reform bill that the American 
people by 90 to 10 advocated, supported and applauded when it finally 
became law.
  Do-nothing indeed. We will do nothing to harm the American people. We 
will do nothing to harm Social Security. We will do nothing to harm the 
prospects of a steady economy in the near and far future. That is what 
we are, we do something.

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