[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 62 (Wednesday, May 18, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: May 18, 1994]
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       HOW THE CLINTON HEALTH CARE PLAN AFFECTS SMALL BUSINESSES

  (Mr. WISE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WISE. Mr. Speaker, I would remind my friends on the Republican 
side of the aisle who are referring to polls, apparently that is why 
Bill Clinton is in office and they are not, because George Bush was a 
weather vane on polls. He would not move without looking at what the 
polls showed, and so I think there is quite a statement there. We 
choose not to operate strictly on polls.
  But, Mr. Speaker, I want to talk about small business and health 
care, because I have a feeling, and I just want to say to those who say 
that the Clinton health care plan and proposals being discussed are bad 
for small business that those who are lobbying, Mr. Speaker, telling 
their memberships for instance that this is bad for small business may 
themselves be out of office in a few short months if their members ever 
take a look at what some of these packages are.
  For instance, does small business really know that under the Clinton 
plan that a minimum wage worker would only cost 19 cents to insure? The 
minimum wage increase was 90 cents in two installments in 1988, and yet 
here we get full coverage.
  Does small business truly appreciate that in many cases thousands of 
dollars less in premiums would be charged under the Clinton plan than 
their present situation?

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