House Proceeding 04-01-09 on Apr 1st, 2009 :: 0:08:35 to 0:10:20
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Jane Harman: no on the with that, mr. speaker, i reserve the bance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the reserves her time. the gentleman from colorado. mr. polis: i yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from california, ms. harmon. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for

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Speech By: Jane Harman

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Jane Harman: two minutes. ms. harman: this is a -- mrs. harman: this is a personal issue for me. both of my parents were chain smokers in their early years. my mother and her friends started smoking in their teen years because they thought it was cool. my father, a physician, quit smoking when i was young. but our house reeked of second

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Jane Harman: hand smoke and my mother continued to smoke until she could no longer hold a cigarette. both parents died of lung cancer. it was a nightmare. one i would spare oth families. now is a -- now as a grandmother of three, i hope my grandkids will never smoke. mr. speaker, approximately 4,000 kids try a cigarette for

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Jane Harman: the first time each day. by the end of this week, thousands of americans will have died from tobacco-related diseases and thousands more will become new regular users like my parents were. we can take a big step toward breaking this deadly cycle by giving f.d.a. the authority to regulate tobacco products this

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Jane Harman: bill which passed this house last july is the product of a long crusade by my california colleague henry waxman and ends a big down payment on health care reform. california alone spends over $9 billion annually on tobacco-related diseases. $9 billion could be far better