[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 12 (Wednesday, February 9, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: February 9, 1994]
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      CLINTON LITE IS A FIRST COUSIN OF CLINTON HEALTH REFORM PLAN

  (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, now that the national media has crowned 
the Cooper health care plan as an alternative to the President's health 
reform plan, some have started calling it ``Clinton lite''.
  By calling it Clinton lite, they are pointing out the similarities 
between the plans. The Cooper plan is really a first cousin of Clinton 
and takes us down the path of Government controlled health care. It 
might take longer to get there with Clinton lite but the final result 
is the same--lots of Government regulations, mandates, and higher 
taxes.
  It may be a third less bureaucracy than the regular Clinton plan, but 
it still threatens the health and well-being of American consumers.
  The best way to avoid the Government-run monstrosity called the 
Clinton plan is to embrace a real alternative not a slimmed down 
version of Government interference.
  The real alternative is the Michel plan to cut costs, increase 
access, provide choice, and promote responsibility, all without the 
bureaucratic fat of either the Clinton or the Cooper plans.
  Mr. Cooper should look for a relationship with the Michel plan in 
order to obtain real health care reform.

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