[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 20463]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



              PUTTING THE TERRORIST ATTACKS IN PERSPECTIVE

  (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, I would like to take just a 
couple of moments to put the terrorist attacks in perspective. Every 
day, the 10 leading causes of death in our country result in 5,032 
deaths. The fifth leading cause of deaths in our country are accidents. 
Nearly half of those deaths are caused by automobile accidents. And 
nearly half of the automobile accident deaths are the result of drunk 
driving. Every day, about 60 people die as a result of drunk driving. 
As bad as the terrorist attacks are, we have lost three people to 
anthrax in the last 9 days.
  Your chances of being killed by a drunk driver are far, far, far more 
than your chances of dying from anthrax.
  Mr. Speaker, we must not allow the terrorists to shut down our 
government. We must not allow them to shut down our country. Please put 
this in perspective.

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