[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 11 (Tuesday, February 8, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: February 8, 1994]
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       HEALTH CARE: THE CURRENT CRISIS VERSUS THE CLINTON CRISIS

  (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, the Democrats would like to debate 
the health care issue on whether or not there is a crisis.
  The only problem is, that is not what the debate is about.
  The Republican plan retains the quality and choice of the health care 
Americans have now and takes out the Government bureaucracy that drives 
up the cost.
  But the Democrats will not let a Republican plan be debated, so the 
debate before America is the Clinton plan.
  And if you think there is a health care crisis now, wait until Uncle 
Sam clips into a surgical smock. I say, You ain't seen nothing yet. If 
you think there is a crisis now, wait until you have waited in line for 
your health care. If you think there is a crisis now, wait until you 
try to change the choice the Government gives you. If you think there 
is a crisis now, wait until you see where the people who can't balance 
the Federal budget try to balance the health care budget. If you think 
there is a crisis in health care, then compare it to the coming Clinton 
crisis, and, believe me, you ain't seen nothing yet.

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