[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 7 (Wednesday, February 2, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: February 2, 1994]
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             HEALTH CARE REFORM PACKAGE SHOULD BE ON BUDGET

  (Mr. ALLARD asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ALLARD. Mr. Speaker, I rise to address an issue which is of 
fundamental importance to the coming health care debate; keeping 
federally mandated health care reform on-budget. Today Congressman Tim 
Penny and I will introduce a bipartisan resolution to ensure the true 
costs of health care reform are part of the budget and can be reviewed 
annually. Before Congress passes any health care reform package, we owe 
it to the American people to be honest about what it is going to cost. 
It would be irresponsible for Congress to claim that the largest 
expansion of Federal entitlement spending in history should be off-
budget. Many in Congress and especially in our home districts agree. In 
the last week our resolution has grown from 35 to 124 original 
cosponsors. The resolution is also being introduced today in the 
Senate. It is time that Congress, on both sides of the aisle, and in 
both Chambers send the message we will not allow massive Federal 
mandates to be hidden off-budget.

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