House Proceeding on Dec 19th, 2007 :: 4:13:52 to 4:16:23
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for working with me and with the able and distinguished chairman of the subcommittee, mr. rush, in achieving this compromise. i cannot praise too highly the cooperation and the assistance

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Chris Carney: of our good friends on the other side of the aisle, ranking member barton, and stearns for their fine support and for the very cooperative way in which they have worked with us. and i

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Speech By: Chris Carney

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Chris Carney: thank them and i salute them for that. the legislation requires the department of trappings to issues -- transportation to reduce nontraffic accidents involving automobiles, particularly

4:14:20 to 4:14:34( Edit History Discussion )

Chris Carney: to protect children. this is the right thing to do. and it must be and under this legislation will be implemented in a responsible manner. the bill has the support of safety advocates including

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Chris Carney: the advocates for auto and highway safety as well as the automobile manufacturers. this san important bill. for our children, including franklin d. beetle, whose mother worked on this legislation. i

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Chris Carney: urge its swift passage. i do, again, commend the -- its author, representative schakowsky, for her remarkable leadership in this matter. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker

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Chris Carney: pro tempore: the gentleman from texas mr. barton: i'd like to yield three minutes to the gentleman from georgia, dr. gingrey. the spea ker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three

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Chris Carney: minutes. mr. gingrey: madam speaker, i thank the gentleman for yielding. this issue is so important, h.r. 1216, and i certainly rise to support it, madam speaker. and i thank ranking member

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Chris Carney: barton from texas and chairman dingell, chairman of the energy and commerce committee, mr. rush, and others for bringing it forward. madam speaker, when i was in the georgia general assembly serving

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Chris Carney: the state senate several years back, i became so involved in teen driving issues. i was an ob-gyn physicians, and some of the youngsters i delivered, all of a sudden they were 15, 16

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Chris Carney: years old and a they were killed tragically in automobile accidents simply because they were not safe, they didn't have the proper training. so these issues are so hugely important. i became aware

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Henry A. Waxman: of this bill when a couple from my district came to me here in washington several months ago. and their son, their 4-year-old son had been tragically killed by a vehicle backing over him.

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Speech By: Henry A. Waxman