[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 1596]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            FIRST DO NO HARM

  (Mr. SHIMKUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SHIMKUS. The Hippocratic oath is well known for the phrase, 
``First do no harm.'' Unfortunately, we have continued to come down on 
this floor and ask a simple question. Where are the jobs? What business 
and industry needs is some certainty. What this Congress and 
administration continues to offer is more uncertainty, which translates 
into higher risks, which increases borrowing rates.
  We should first do no harm. We should stop the government takeover of 
health care, which will raise rates and cost jobs. We should oppose a 
cap-and-trade scheme which will raise energy costs and destroy jobs. 
Shelving these two major Democratic proposals would do the most to 
return some certainty to the economy so business can work on 
maintaining and creating jobs.

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