[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 21 (Wednesday, March 2, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: March 2, 1994]
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                                 THINK

  (Mr. BALLENGER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BALLENGER. Mr. Speaker, before any of my colleagues decide to 
support the Clinton plan, I urge them to look into the eyes of their 
constituents and ask the following questions:
  ``Do you support the idea of the Government running your health care?
  ``Are you willing to wait in long lines for necessary and important 
surgery?
  ``Are you ready for the rationing of your family's health care?
  ``Do you believe that if your parents get too old, they should be 
denied health care options now currently available to them?
  ``Is it really time for you to pay a 7.9-percent payroll tax to pay 
for health care for people you don't know?
  ``Can we afford to add 70 billion more dollars to our deficit?
  Mr. Speaker, this is what the Clinton health plan will do to every 
middle-class family in America. Before supporting the Clinton plan, I 
urge my colleagues to think carefully about these questions.

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