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Sensenbrenner Statement on Terri Schiavo Legislation

Date: March 17, 2005
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Health and Health Care Legal


Sensenbrenner Statement on Terri Schiavo Legislation
3/17/2005

WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. (R-Wis.) released the following statement:

"The House last night passed legislation that ensures that Terri Schiavo - and anyone else ever in such a terrible situation - has the full protection granted to each individual under the Constitution and federal law. Regrettably, Senators Harry Reid and Ron Wyden opposed this legislation, preventing the Senate from passing it and sending it to President Bush.

"The House has completed its business and has adjourned. The Senate has a decision to make: it can pass the House legislation passed last night to ensure Terri Schiavo's civil rights are protected or it can allow Ms. Schiavo to starve to death beginning tomorrow."

http://judiciary.house.gov/newscenter.aspx?A=463

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