[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 44 (Wednesday, April 20, 1994)]
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                       SAVING WITHOUT DESTROYING

  (Mr. KNOLLENBERG asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KNOLLENBERG. Mr. Speaker, when thinking of the President's health 
care reform plan, I am reminded of a quote from a military man in 
Vietnam who said: ``It became necessary to destroy the town in order to 
save it.''
  This kind of muddled thinking is what drives the President's plan.
  The Clinton plan will destroy our current health care delivery system 
in the name of reform. It will hurt the quality, limit the choice, and 
increase the cost while turning over much of the responsibility to the 
Government.
  I urge my Democrat colleagues to work with Republicans in finding a 
better solution.
  Instead of worrying about who gets the credit, let us work in a 
bipartisan way to serve the needs of the Nation.
  Instead of killing our system in order to save it, let us work 
together to fix the problems without hurting health care quality.
  This health care system can be saved without destroying it.

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