[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 2]
[House]
[Pages 2023-2024]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                          VACCINES SAVE LIVES

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, just yesterday I joined my public 
school system, my director of the city health department, and a number 
of health professionals to again remind parents and others around the 
Nation, and really to remind now, as I speak, my colleagues, vaccines 
save; and to be able to emphasize in the backdrop of this outbreak of 
measles, starting first with 7 States and 114 cases coming out of the 
case in Disney, and then now 17 States with 121 cases, to recognize the 
importance of research and responding to infectious disease.
  We understand measles. We understand the science of it. We know that

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we can protect people against it. We know when they should get a 
booster and what age a child should begin their first shots, certainly 
after 1 year old. We understand that an 8-month-old is in jeopardy if 
he or she is exposed, as is someone with low immunity. We also know 
that the measles vaccine has worked, and it has been effective.
  I want to thank the Centers for Disease Control. In a conference 
call, they indicated that they are going to make new efforts to work 
with various health facilities and health entities across the Nation to 
establish protocols to talk to parents about vaccines. We can save 
lives, and we must do so together.

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