[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 26, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: January 26, 1994]
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                   STATE OF THE UNION AND HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. GRAMS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GRAMS. Mr. Speaker, last evening President Clinton delivered a 
marvelous campaign speech that is certain to give Americans great hope 
about what he will deliver this year. However, the campaign is over and 
Mr. Clinton must deliver and be held accountable on his campaign 
promises. His track record is not very good.
  Candidate Clinton promised middle class tax relief, but President 
Clinton delivered the largest tax increase in U.S. history.
  Candidate Clinton promised to ``grow'' the economy, but President 
Clinton has delivered more unfunded mandates on small businesses, 
higher taxes, more regulation, and a new health care payroll tax that 
will kill jobs, full-time employment opportunities, and put small 
businesses out of business.
  Candidate Clinton promised health care reform, but President Clinton 
wants to deliver a monstrous, government-run, bureaucratic nightmare 
that is not reform.
  The President promises the American people the moon but delivers 
higher taxes, more regulation, and less effective government. My 
constituents have told me they hope health care reform will not hurt 
them too much. Mr. President, take a page out of the Hippocratic Oath 
and create your own bureaucratic oath: First do no harm.
  Keep the promises to the campaign trail and let us do no harm. 
Deliver no harm to hardworking Americans, who already pay 40 percent of 
their incomes in taxes; no harm to employers who are in the best 
position to create new jobs; and no harm to our health care system.

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