[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 1]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 843]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          LET THE BULLET SPEAK

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                              HON. TED POE

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 10, 2007

  Mr. POE. Madam Speaker, A bullet tells a story . . . Tells lawmen the 
gun it belongs to, identifies the outlaw that fired it. In Jefferson 
County, Texas, it proves an attempted capital murder.
  Gang thugs--with disregard to the property of others--robbed a used-
car lot in Port Arthur, TX. When the owner appeared, a coward amid the 
cloak of darkness fired his pistol.
  Unaware he was an expert marksman, the wounded owner was able to 
return fire, striking the hidden gunman.
  The bullet, pointing to the triggerman, now lays embedded in the 
suspect's forehead.
  Refusing its removal, search warrants were issued ordering doctors to 
extract it.
  Doctors backed down and have ignored the Judge's order. The excuse by 
the doctors: the removal would require the suspect to undergo surgery.
  These doctors are confused who the real victim is. Not the outlaw 
with the mark of Cain, but the valiant survivor who took on his would-
be assassin.
  In direct defiance of a judge's order, citing the criminal's alleged 
right to deny treatment, these doctors have thumbed their noses, like 
insolent children, at our Nation's criminal justice system.
  Madam Speaker, this ought not to be. Justice must be served . . . the 
bullet must tell its story.
  And that's just the way it is.

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