[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 39 (Wednesday, April 13, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: April 13, 1994]
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                        MORE TALK THAN LISTENING

  (Mr. GOSS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GOSS. Mr. Speaker, folks back home seem to feel the President is 
doing more talking than listening about health care reform. Here is 
what one southwest Florida senior citizen had to say.

       Without exception all of my friends are vigorously opposed 
     to any new bureaucracy that would make the decisions on 
     doctor-patient relations, on who will get care and who will 
     not and the taxes to be imposed to pay for the inevitable 
     foulups, paper, paper, and more paper. They are fed up with * 
     * * Government meddling in their lives and the use of tax 
     money that permits the Clintons, Cabinet members, and the 
     overbearing, bloated White House staff to fly around the 
     country selling Clinton's plan. If it must be sold, it is 
     dangerous.

  It's pretty clear, Mr. President. Older Americans are interested in 
real health care, not costly sales pitches.

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