[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18789]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



 CANDIDATES FOR ELECTION SHOULD STICK TO THE FACTS; NOT MAKE UP STORIES

  (Mr. FOLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FOLEY. Mr. Speaker, in 1992, then Governor Lawton Childs ran some 
negative ads about Jed Bush, saying that if elected governor, a 
Republican candidate would take away Social Security. It was a lie, but 
it was meant to scare people.
  Recently, in Tallahassee, Florida, the Vice President went on to say 
that his mother-in-law and dog took the same drug and the dog was 
getting a better break. He lied. He made a story up, trying to confuse 
the voters.


                Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Sununu). The gentleman will suspend.
  The Chair will remind the Member that although remarks in a debate 
may level criticisms against the policies of the President and Vice 
President or against the nominated candidates for the offices of Vice 
President or President, remarks in debate should avoid personality and, 
therefore, should not include personal accusation or characterizations.
  The gentleman may continue in order.
  Mr. FOLEY. I thank the Speaker. I just suggest that the candidates 
for office use facts, not fiction; that they tell the voters the truth 
and not make up stories about imaginary drugs being taken by their dog 
or mother-in-law.
  I think the senior citizens of America deserve the truth and, 
regrettably, they do not get it, because they have to get made-up 
stories about drugs being taken by Fido, the dog, and the mother-in-
law. I think the mother-in-law must be embarrassed today because her 
drug formulary has now been released to the public, despite the Vice 
President's insistence that we have privacy in medical records.
  My colleagues, it is serious. People need prescription drugs. They 
need it in Florida; they need it now. But they certainly do not need 
conjured-up stories by the candidates for office proclaiming to know 
the facts about their own medical histories and lying to the American 
public.

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