[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 24913]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



               QUESTIONING GEORGE W. BUSH'S TRUTHFULNESS

  (Mr. NADLER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. NADLER. Mr. Speaker, I heard George W. Bush the other day say 
that he led the effort on a bipartisan basis in Texas to pass a strong 
patients' bill of rights. I wonder why he did not tell the truth.
  The truth is that the Texas legislature, on a bipartisan basis, 
passed a strong patients' bill of rights. George Bush vetoed that bill. 
Two years later when the legislature was again in session they passed 
it again, this time with more than two-thirds of the votes in each 
House, so he knew his veto would be overridden. Now, he did not sign 
the bill, he let it go into law without his signature, expressing, by 
refusing to sign the bill, his lack of support for it. Now he comes 
before the American people and tells us untruthfully that he supported 
it.
  Vice President Gore, his truthfulness is questioned because he 
exaggerates. I wonder why George Bush's truthfulness is not questioned 
when on a very important public policy matter, he lies outright.

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