[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 21 (Wednesday, February 2, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H343]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 DAMNED IF YOU DO, DAMNED IF YOU DON'T

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Alabama (Mr. Brooks) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. BROOKS. Mr. Speaker, COVID-19 originated in the Communist Chinese 
Party's Wuhan bio-weapons lab, and forces Americans into a damned if 
you do, damned if you don't choice.
  You can refuse to take the COVID-19 vaccine and face the risk of 
death and debilitating injury when you catch COVID-19. Or you can take 
the COVID-19 vaccine and face the risk of death or debilitating injury 
from the vaccine's side effects, as described in a letter by Mary 
Constance Seibert, who honorably served America in the United States 
Navy.
  Ms. Seibert states: ``Dear Congressman Mo Brooks: This is my 
explanation and statement regarding the impact of the vaccine that was 
being given as a result of extreme pressure but now is mandated by the 
Armed Forces. This has resulted in my partial paralysis that has 
confined me to a wheelchair.
  ``On March 22, 2021, I received my second shot of the COVID-19 
vaccine supplied by Pfizer. Shortly after, I became sick for a few 
days, as expected. A few weeks later, I got sick again, and was so ill 
I was out for 2 weeks. Medical staff were unable to determine what I 
had caught. I developed ringing in my ears, which I still have.
  ``After, I started to develop medical problems where muscles would 
inflame along with severe restless leg syndrome, which sent me 
screaming from pain in the dead of sleep. I went to physical therapists 
and Navy doctors alike to no avail to stop it. Shortly proceeding, my 
knees started to give out, and I'd need--and still need--to pop them to 
terminate the pain. I also experienced the development of digestive 
problems like IBS and joints that would become so painful that I would 
cry from the pain in my hips and feet just from standing for 30 
minutes.
  ``All these symptoms developed in 2 months with no explanation. 
Eventually, they would level out as I was put into a command to focus 
on medical problems.

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  ``By May, I started losing vision in my right eye and slight vision 
in my left. This was accompanied by pain and my vision going from 20/20 
in my right eye to 20/25 and from 20/17 in my left eye to 20/20. They 
assumed I had optic neuritis in my right eye but were wrong and still 
do not know why the pressure was off in my eye.
  ``On July 2, I experienced my first painful set of convulsions. They 
started small but grew as the days went on.
  ``On July 5, I was sent to the ER as I was no longer functional and 
the feeling of electricity going through my body would not stop. I went 
into the ER walking and on July 8, I came out in a wheelchair as I 
slowly lost my ability to walk as the days went by and the spasms kept 
happening. They never did figure out what was wrong with me. I only 
knew my copper was high, my white blood cells were high, and my 
inflammation levels were very high, with no explanation. My current 
symptoms have been trouble breathing, joint pain, migraines, unknown 
convulsions, vision loss, unsteady gait, vomiting, nausea, mouth 
ulcers, frequent heavy nose bleeds, tremors, slurred speech, heat 
aversion, and lack of motor coordination.
  ``I am now reliant on a wheelchair and now await separation from the 
military. I have been told there is no other explanation other than a 
reaction from within my body due to the vaccine.''
  Let me repeat that.
  ``I have been told there is no other explanation other than a 
reaction from within my body due to the vaccine.
  ``Respectfully submitted, Mary Constance Seibert.''
  Mr. Speaker, I stand for freedom and liberty and against vaccine 
mandates because in America, Americans should have the freedom to 
choose which of two bad COVID-19 options is best for them, vaccination 
or no vaccination. I stand against dictatorial government vaccine 
mandates because mandates are the antithesis of the liberty and freedom 
on which America is based.

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