[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 13 (Thursday, February 10, 1994)]
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                      GET IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME

  (Ms. DUNN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DUNN. Mr. Speaker, according to a story in today's Washington 
Post, the President wants to speed up consideration of his health care 
proposal in the Congress. It seems that the longer people look at his 
plan, the less they like it. In fact, Mr. Clinton himself has said this 
was a ``bad week,'' not surprising, considering the rejection of his 
plan by both the National Business Roundtable and the National Chamber 
of Commerce.
  The President, frankly, appears to be fearful of the public scrutiny 
of his health care proposal. He would rather rush through this debate 
and jam this costly and bureaucracy laden proposal down the throats of 
the American people than allow the Congress to deliberate carefully on 
all the alternatives that exist at this time.
  The best alternative is, I believe, the Michel-Lott bill. It saves 
costs. It increases access. It maintains choices, and it solves the 
problems of portability and preexisting conditions without erecting a 
huge Government bureaucracy.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge the Congress to ignore the President's advice and 
to look fully at all the possible solutions. This is one area where we 
must not hurry to make a mistake.

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