[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18225]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            A CASE FOR THE HIPPOCRATIC OATH FOR CONGRESSMEN

  (Mr. GOHMERT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. Speaker, the economy is in a tough situation, 9.5-
plus percent unemployment, 14.7 million people are unemployed. 
Actually, the number is higher than that.
  Since January, 1.9 million foreclosures have occurred. People are 
losing their homes. Foreclosures are up 9 percent since this President 
took office.
  And today we take up the welfare for wild horses. That's right. We 
are going to spend $700 million for wild horses' habitat. But how about 
the habitat for Americans? We have got the health care effort to 
socialize medicine. And do you know who gets hurt? The seniors get 
hurt. We owe them so much better.
  We got the bailout. Goldman Sachs had record profits the second 
quarter. Well, isn't that special? It looks like Geithner is wrong. If 
it is good for Goldman Sachs, it is not good for the country.
  We owe the American people better than what we are giving them. We 
should take a pledge like doctors and do no harm. We are doing too much 
harm.

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