[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 11 (Tuesday, February 8, 1994)]
[House]
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[Congressional Record: February 8, 1994]
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                       IN APPRECIATION OF THE CBO

  (Mr. GOODLATTE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, as we speak--the Congressional Budget 
Office is testifying before the Ways and Means Committee that the 
President's health care proposal should be included in his budget. That 
is a conclusion many of us reached months ago.
  The CBO states that the financial transactions of the health 
alliances should be included in the Federal Government's accounts, and 
the premium payments should be shown as Governmental receipts.
  Why did the President leave health care out of his budget? Because 
they increase his budget by 25 percent and amount to the largest tax 
hike in history.
  The President's program is financed by huge premium payments--a.k.a. 
taxes--placed on the shoulders of each and every employer in this 
Nation. That is more of the same old tired Government taxing and 
spending--and needs to be included in the budget.
  So today as administration officials scurry across Capitol Hill 
lobbying for favorable treatment of their budget, the real truth is 
coming out before the Ways and Means Committee--thank you CBO.

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