[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18788]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                   PEOPLE SHOULD COME BEFORE POLITICS

  (Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland. Mr. Speaker, look at this week's headlines. 
The Boston Globe: ``Gore Misstates Fact in Drug Cost Pitch.'' The 
Washington Times: ``Gore Made Up Anecdote About Cost of Drugs.''
  Mr. Speaker, we now have a new twist to ``the dog ate my homework'' 
saga. Just like supposedly inventing the Internet, the Vice President 
has invented a story on the campaign trail where he falsely claims his 
mother-in-law pays three times the price for prescription drugs as his 
black labrador. Make no mistake. No senior citizen should have to 
choose between food and medicine. That is why the Republican House 
passed legislation to lower the cost of prescription drugs by 25 
percent, without creating a cumbersome government-run HMO as the Vice 
President has proposed.
  Mr. Speaker, our Nation's leaders should give the American people 
some straight talk, not invent personal stories solely for political 
gain. Our Nation's seniors, mothers-in-law, and even family pets, 
deserve no less. People should come before politics.

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