[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 6 (Tuesday, February 1, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: February 1, 1994]
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                 MR. CLINTON SHOULD MEET MR. KUENSTLER

  (Mr. SMITH of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, despite the administration's claims 
for their health plan's cost-savings, a recent Washington Post/ABC News 
poll found 57 percent of people believe they will pay more for health 
care and only 8 percent believe they will pay less.
  Why does America not believe their President on the biggest proposal 
of his Presidency?
  Mr. Speaker, I would like to let a constituent of mine, Stanley 
Kuenstler, who wrote me this week tell President Clinton about health 
care:

       My business employs 49 people. It is a Subchapter ``S'' 
     corporation in the construction equipment business. The 1993 
     Deficit Reduction Act cost the other owners and me $135,000 
     in increased Federal Income Taxes. The Clinton Health Plan as 
     described in the media will double our costs for Group Health 
     Insurance, from $65,000 presently to $130,000 under their 
     plan. We cannot continue to sustain tax/fee/levy increase 
     like this and stay in business.

  The reason President Clinton has a credibility gap with Americans is 
because of the ever-widening divergence between what President Clinton 
tells them and what he does to them.

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