[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 29 (Wednesday, March 16, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: March 16, 1994]
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        THE UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SERVICES

  (Mr. DUNCAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Speaker, over and over again we see proof of this 
fact: If you want to do something in the most expensive and most 
wasteful way possible, turn it over to the Federal Government.
  The Washington Post yesterday published a column attempting to 
justify the unbelievable expense of the Uniformed Services University 
of the Health Services.
  According to the article, the 4-year cost for each graduate of this 
Federal medical school is over $463,000 per student.
  This is almost four times the cost of student stipends, tuition, and 
fees under the Health Professions Scholarship Program, another Federal 
handout that is too expensive in and of itself.
  Who would attempt to justify such an exorbitant and ridiculous 
expense?
  Well, a professor at this medical school, of course.
  This is more proof of something I have said many times before: The 
main beneficiaries of all these wonderful-sounding Federal programs are 
the bureaucrats who work for them.
  I am pleased that the administration has recommended closing this 
school. This is another Federal boondoggle that the taxpayers simply 
cannot afford.

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