mr. speaker , i appreciate the gentleman from maryland 's words , but i look at it a little differently . 
after reading all the records and everything , what i do know is that there is a mother , a father , a brother , and a sister that want terri schiavo to live , and they want to take care of her . 
i want to thank everybody that has worked on this bill , particularly those in the senate , the democrats in the senate , the republicans in the senate . 
they passed this bill unanimously . 
i want to thank the democrats in this house that worked on this bill , the republicans that worked on this bill . 
some have tried to make it a partisan issue . 
mr. speaker , after 4 days of words , the best of them uttered in prayer , now comes the time for action . 
i say again , the legal and political issues may be complicated , but the moral ones are not . 
a young woman in florida is being dehydrated and starved to death . 
for 58 long hours , her mouth has been parched and her hunger pangs have been throbbing . 
if we do not act , she will die of thirst . 
however helpless , mr. speaker , she is alive . 
she is still one of us . 
and this can not stand . 
terri schiavo has survived her passion weekend , and she has not been forsaken . 
no more words , mr. speaker . 
she is waiting . 
the members are here . 
the hour has come . 
mr. speaker , call the vote . 
