[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 25 (Wednesday, March 9, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: March 9, 1994]
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              MORE EFFICIENT AND LESS EXPENSIVE GOVERNMENT

  Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, not seeing anybody else seeking 
recognition, I note on yet another matter that these things, whether it 
is Department of Agriculture reorganization or anything else, reflect 
what we have to do in this country. We have to have more efficient and 
less expensive Government. We cannot afford to keep on going as we are 
and still bring deficits down.
  We also have to work toward a health care plan that will save money, 
that will not be the enormous drain on the Treasury it is now, and can 
provide health care to tens of millions of Americans who are either 
without health care today or have totally inadequate health care.
  There has been a lot of discussion of the roles of various people in 
that regard. I would like to note that one person who I have been 
thoroughly impressed with--with her dedication, with her enthusiasm, 
with her knowledge, with her expertise and with her untiring devotion 
to the subject--is the First Lady, Hillary Clinton. I think we would 
not be this far ahead in the debate and we would not be this far ahead 
in what we are doing without her help.
  Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. HOLLINGS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Shelby). Without objection, it is so 
ordered.

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