[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11463]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           FIRST, DO NO HARM

  (Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York asked and was given permission 
to address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, over this weekend, 
I heard nonstop from people--people from all walks of life--who are 
living each day in fear that this Congress is going to strip them of 
the healthcare insurance they so desperately need, causing them to lose 
access to affordable care.
  These good, decent, and hardworking people have told me again and 
again, in no uncertain terms, that they or someone whom they love 
dearly will suffer or die if our Republican colleagues carry out their 
catastrophically ill-conceived plan to repeal and replace or repeal and 
delay. They scoff at the oft-repeated Republican plan that they would 
merely be choosing not to have coverage, for they know the bitter 
truth.
  To strip these people of the very coverage that keeps them, their 
children, and their parents alive would be as immoral an act as was 
ever perpetrated under the guise of governance.
  When it comes to setting healthcare policy, this Congress, like every 
decent doctor since the days of Hippocrates, should be guided by that 
eternal principle: First, do no harm.

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