[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 11 (Tuesday, February 8, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: February 8, 1994]
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                BIPARTISAN EFFORT NEEDED ON HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. GINGRICH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GINGRICH. Mr. Speaker, 7 minutes ago the Congressional Budget 
Office's analysis of the Clinton health plan was made available, and it 
is a very revealing document. Remember that the President came here in 
his very first speech last year and praised the Congressional Budget 
Office for its accuracy. What it says is that the health plan is a 
Government activity, that the money paid for the health insurance under 
the Government plan should count as Government receipts, and that it is 
substantially underscored and would add at least $133 billion to the 
deficit over the next 5 or 6 years.
  Mr. Speaker, what this Congressional Budget Office document says is 
that the Clinton plan is a big Government, big bureaucracy, big tax 
plan, that will lead to a bigger deficit. I think it indicates why 
those of us in the House who want to pass a common sense bill should 
work together at a practical level and put together a bipartisan bill, 
but recognize that with this analysis, the Clinton plan is indeed dead 
on arrival and it is time now to turn to a bipartisan effort to write a 
health bill.

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