House Proceeding 12-11-07 on Dec 11th, 2007 :: 2:06:52 to 2:08:45
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Speech By: Danny K. Davis

2:06:43 to 2:06:52( Edit History Discussion )

Danny K. Davis: of this bill and i reserve the balance of my time.e the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from california. mr. issa: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker

2:06:52 to 2:07:04( Edit History Discussion )

Darrell E. Issa: pro tempore: the gentleman from is recognized. mr. issa: the automated external defibrillater is a critical part of saving lives here in america. in the first 10 minutes of an onset of systems

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Speech By: Darrell E. Issa

2:07:04 to 2:07:19( Edit History Discussion )

Darrell E. Issa: -- symptoms, you have an incredibly short period of time, that 10 minutes, to make the difference between life and death. a typical response time, an optimum response time for a 911 call

2:07:19 to 2:07:32( Edit History Discussion )

Darrell E. Issa: is five minutes. the availability of tavhese devices once thought to be only in the crash kit on an emergency vehicle or in a hospital, is now spreading. at our airpo rts, including our ng nation's capital

2:07:32 to 2:07:43( Edit History Discussion )

Darrell E. Issa: airports, these devices are not just available, but they're hung throughout the facility, making it possible and in fact, it has occurred for people to have a heart symptom, pass out and be

2:07:43 to 2:07:55( Edit History Discussion )

Darrell E. Issa: brought back to life in those 10 minutes. those precious 10 minutes. but in order to expand the use e of this life-saving apparatus, we need to have additional training. i join with the gentleman

2:07:55 to 2:08:09( Edit History Discussion )

Darrell E. Issa: from illinois in saying that the importance of this automatic external defibrillator week is not that we can learn to say it without tying our tongue, but in fact that we can deploy these

2:08:09 to 2:08:23( Edit History Discussion )

Darrell E. Issa: devices and get people trained. in my own small condominium here in washington, our neighbors have been trained and it will undoubted will will -- undoubtedly in time save lives in our community.

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Darrell E. Issa: i join with the majority in urging that this bill not only become law this year, but that we make this an annual event so as to spread the t life-saving l capability of this device and i reserve

2:08:37 to 2:08:45( Edit History Discussion )

Darrell E. Issa: the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from illinois. mr. davis: mr. speaker, i continue to reserve. mr. issa: i yield back. the speaker pro

2:08:45 to 2:08:54( Edit History Discussion )

Danny K. Davis: tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from illinois. mr. davis: i urge swift passage of this bill and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman