[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 34 (Wednesday, March 23, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: March 23, 1994]
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               DON'T BLAME THE REPUBLICANS, MR. PRESIDENT

  (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, it is getting to be a tired, old refrain. 
Blame the Republicans and, maybe, all of your troubles will go away.
  From the crisis in health care to the saga of Whitewatergate, 
President Clinton has sung the same, old song. The Republicans are 
behind it.
  I need not remind the President that his health care plan has been 
discredited, not because of the Republicans, but because the American 
people don't want it. They don't want the taxes. They don't want the 
bureaucrats. And they don't want to be told by some all powerful, 
regional health alliance what doctors they can see and what doctors 
they can't see.
  The President has found himself enmeshed in this Whitewatergate 
affair, not because of the Republicans, but because he has not been 
forthcoming. His administration has stonewalled every request for 
information. His Democrat allies have stood by his side until public 
opinion finally overwhelmed them.
  Mr. Speaker, to find the source of all of his problems, the President 
need only look in his own backyard. This blame the Republicans business 
just isn't going to fly any more.

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