[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 29 (Wednesday, March 16, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: March 16, 1994]
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                 PRESIDENT CLINTON: WRONG ON TWO COUNTS

  (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, President Clinton made a remarkable 
outburst at a dinner in Boston the other night. He said that 
Republicans would rather take off after the First Family than come up 
with a health care plan of their own.
  The President was wrong on two counts.
  First, Republicans don't have to take off after President and Mrs. 
Clinton. From the looks of things, they are doing a pretty good job of 
drawing negative attention to themselves without our help.
  Second, Republicans do have a health care plan. Our bill was 
introduced in the 102d Congress. Months before Mr. Clinton was elected 
President. And long before his bill was drafted.
  In case the President has not seen it, I will give a brief 
description: Unlike the Clinton plan, it includes no new taxes. No 
employer mandates. No new Government bureaucrats. No all-powerful, 
regional health care alliances. And most importantly, and unlike the 
Clinton plan it preserves the right of doctor choice for every American 
family.
  Mr. Speaker, the President does a disservice to his own party and the 
Nation by blaming his many troubles on the Republican Party. If he 
wants to regain his lost credibility and save his Presidency, he is 
going to have to come back to reality.

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