[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 14 (Friday, February 11, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: February 11, 1994]
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                           WHY TAKE A CHANCE?

  (Ms. PRYCE of Ohio asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. PRYCE of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, The major flaw of the Clinton Health 
plan is that it's like a bungee cord with a lot of frayed rope. It may 
work, but why take the change?
  If we dive into the abyss with the Clinton plan, there's no guarantee 
that our health care system will ever recover. In fact, there's a great 
chance it will all come crashing down. So why take the chance?
  CBO Director Bob Reischauer had this to say about health care 
legislation. ``An incremental approach * * * allows for a mid-course 
correction.'' Why not use this incremental approach which solves the 
current problems without causing even bigger ones?
  Alternative plans abound which fill in the cracks without threatening 
to bring down the entire system--a whopping 7 percent of our economy.
  I urge my colleagues and the American people to think twice about the 
health plan debate. There is more than one way to get to the bottom. 
Let us not crash and burn if we do not have to.

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