[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 100 (Wednesday, June 11, 2025)]
[House]
[Pages H2648-H2649]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                               DO NO HARM

  (Mr. COHEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, my father was a physician. One of the main 
things he was taught in medical school--and I think it is part of the 
Hippocratic oath--is do no harm.
  Our budgets are doing a great deal of harm to our healthcare system.
  The Association of Medical Colleges came out with a statement 
yesterday that our healthcare is in existential crisis because of the 
cuts to research and the cuts to graduate medical education; that our 
medical schools will suffer; and the number of doctors that are 
produced will suffer. That is not even to mention the problems 
immediately to people from taking away their Medicaid, taking away 
their ACA, and taking away that healthcare.
  Do no harm. This bill is a big, deadly bill. People will die because 
of it because we are not putting money in the

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NIH that does the research to protect us from the diseases that kill us 
such as cancer, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, heart disease, and diabetes. 
The NIH is our Department of Defense. Francis Collins did a great job. 
He left it in good hands. Let's keep ourselves safe. Do no harm.

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