[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15622]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



  GRATEFUL TO PRESIDENT FOR PATIENTS' BILL OF RIGHTS AND ENERGY POLICY

  (Mr. HAYES asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HAYES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to thank President Bush for 
providing a patients' protection act, and to thank the gentleman from 
Kentucky (Mr. Fletcher) and the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Norwood) 
for protecting patients and standing up against the powerful trial 
lawyers.
  I also rise to thank President Bush for giving us a comprehensive 
energy plan, which will provide protection for future generations 
against dependence on foreign oil.

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  Mr. Speaker, as I talked to some of the folks lobbying against 
drilling in ANWR yesterday, I asked them if they had ever been there, 
and they said ``no.'' My family and I lived there for a year. The 
family we lived with, the Helmericks, perfected the ice pad drilling 
technique which allows us to drill safely and then remove virtually all 
evidence that drilling took place.
  Mr. Speaker, I thank President Bush for providing leadership for this 
country.

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