[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19578]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 LET'S FIRST DO NO HARM; PROTECT THIS ECONOMY AND PROTECT THE WORLD'S 
                      GREATEST HEALTH CARE SYSTEM

  (Mr. CULBERSON asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CULBERSON. Mr. Speaker, we in Texas are very proud to be home of 
the Texas Medical Center, the world's greatest collection of medical 
institutions. I am proud to represent M.D. Anderson hospital, 
recognized around the world as the greatest cancer center in the world. 
And we in Texas understand better than I think almost anywhere else the 
importance of medical institutions that are driven by research, driven 
by the physicians, driven by the needs of patients and the desires of 
doctors. And we in Texas want simply to be left alone. We want Texans 
to run Texas.
  The most important parts of anyone's life are our families and our 
health. And we want, as Texans, to make these decisions for ourselves. 
We need to be focusing as a Congress on protecting the magnificent 
health care system we have created, on encouraging job growth by giving 
small businesses tax credits, by allowing small businesses to pool 
their resources so they can negotiate with the big insurance carriers 
and bring down their rates. We need to focus on tort reform for doctors 
to protect them from frivolous lawsuits, as we have in Texas, that has 
worked so well.
  Let's first do no harm and protect this economy and protect the 
world's greatest health care system.

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