"Bush's FDA has just announced that it is going to scrap American participation in the Declaration of Helsinki -- the major international accord on ethical principles guiding physicians and other participants in medical research on human subjects. This isn't a decision involving mere medical bureaucracy -- it in fact clears the way for ethics-free drug testing, especially beyond American borders, and it means people will die, sometimes horribly."
SAN ANTONIO, November 15 - Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi will join U.S. Reps. Ciro Rodriguez, D-San Antonio, Charles Gonzalez, D-San Antonio, Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, and San Antonio officials Saturday to discuss the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) bill.
The bill aims to cover children who are currently eligible for benefits under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) but do not receive coverage due to insufficient federal funding. It would provide health insurance to 10 million children, including 966,406 in the state of Texas.
The event, scheduled for 12:30 PM on November 17th, will take place at Milam Park in San Antonio.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
“I’m reminded of the Bible tonight, and I speak with all of the sincerity and all of the hope to President Bush in the hope that he will change his mind. To dig deeply into his heart and think about the children in America who don’t have healthcare. Because if not, I think that the President is giving new meaning to the words, ’suffer, little children.’ Suffer, little children, if your parents can’t afford health insurance. But they’re working hard and they’re not on Medicaid, but you will suffer because they’re struggling to give you the best possible future. Suffer, little children if your family has played by the rules and they’ve come to this country and you are here as a legal immigrant, because if you are sick, you will not get healthcare unless your parents can afford private insurance. Suffer, little children if you are sick, because you haven’t had the proper nutrition, the proper prevention, the proper early intervention to your affliction, and you should go directly to the emergency room. But until you can get into that emergency room with enough of a serious illness, you will suffer. That’s just not right.”
