[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 12 (Wednesday, February 9, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: February 9, 1994]
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   THE PRESIDENT'S ALLIES SAY HIS HEALTH CARE PLAN WILL INCREASE THE 
                                DEFICIT

  (Mr. ZELIFF asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ZELIFF. Mr. Speaker, yesterday the President received a major 
blow to his health care plan. The Congressional Budget Office told him 
and the American people that taxes are taxes, and spending is spending.
  It does not matter how hard the President tries to hide the truth, he 
cannot.
  Mr. Speaker, this is not the loyal opposition telling Mr. Clinton he 
is wrong. It is the CBO, an arm of the Democratic leadership.
  It is the President's own allies who are telling him he is not 
telling the people the truth.
  It is the President's own allies who are telling him that his health 
care plan is not going to decrease the deficit, it is going to increase 
the deficit by $70 billion. The President's numbers are off by $133 
billion.
  In going back, as my colleagues know, to 1965 when we introduced 
Medicare, at that time we projected that in 1990 it could cost $106 
billion. In retrospect when we look back to 1990, we missed that mark 
by over $100 billion.
  Mr. Speaker, it is time to call a spade a spade. It is time for the 
President to admit that his big Government-run health care plan is the 
largest tax-and-spend entitlement program in the history of America.
  Mr. Speaker, I say to my colleagues, ``The truth hurts, especially 
when it comes from your friends.''

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