James Traficant: “I want to talk about Medicare, Medicaid, and SSI, because the taxpayers for those programs will be paying for the sins…”

“I want to talk about Medicare, Medicaid, and SSI, because the taxpayers for those programs will be paying for the sins of Dow Corning--Dow Corning, that told hundreds of thousands of American women that silicone breast implants were safe. The Harvard Nurses Study just came out and said there are no health risks. By the way, that was paid for by Dow Corning. Mr. Speaker, is there any justice left? If there is, ask Grace Nero's family in my district. Grace passed away on Independence Day after complications from surgery from breast implants, a blood clot. Dow Corning manipulated Federal bankruptcy laws to avoid a $4 billion settlement. Dow Corning in fact lied to the American people, and I am asking U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno to investigate possible criminal charges. Dow Corning lied to Congress. Does Congress care anymore? Anybody just comes up here and lies to you? Do we really govern around here? To me, this is unbelievable. Congress should support an investigation of Dow Corning.”