[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 62 (Wednesday, May 18, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: May 18, 1994]
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 PRESIDENT CLINTON'S ENDORSEMENT OF ROWLAND-BILIRAKIS HEALTH CARE PLAN 
                        WOULD BRING QUICK ACTION

  (Mr. MILLER of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to call attention to the man who has 
emerged as the greatest obstacle to health care reform--Bill Clinton. 
The American people do not want bigger government. They do not want 
more bureaucracy and they do not want health care reform to threaten 
choice or the quality of care their family receives. The American 
people now believe that is exactly what the Clinton plan will mean.
  The flip-flops, wavering, and deceptions on the middle-class tax cut; 
Whitewater, Haiti, Bosnia, North Korea, China, and so forth have all 
contributed to a remarkable erosion in Bill Clinton's overall 
creditability. And now it turns out that Bill Clinton's biggest 
creditability problem is in health care. By introducing such a massive 
plan, Bill Clinton has asked the American people to trust him with 
their health care--and the American people simply do not trust Bill 
Clinton.
  It is time for the President to accept the verdict of the American 
people and to show leadership by endorsing the Rowland-Bilirakis 
approach that can reach a bipartisan majority before the August recess.

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