[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 63 (Thursday, May 19, 1994)]
[House]
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[Congressional Record: May 19, 1994]
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                       THE EMPEROR HAS NO CLOTHES

  (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, in the story about the emperor, no one but a 
child would speak the truth and point out the emperor was wearing no 
clothes. Unlike the emperor, whose loyal subjects did not dare speak 
out, the truth on health care is coming loudly and clearly, not just 
from Americans, but from the President's own officials. Last week, 
Surgeon General Elders suggested to a congressional panel that emphasis 
in health care should move away from leading killers, cancer and heart 
disease, and toward AIDS research, because quote:

       Most of the people that die with heart disease and cancer 
     are our elderly population, and we all will probably die with 
     something sooner or later.

  Here is the President's Surgeon General, advocating rationing of care 
and taking away from our seniors. Americans now see Clinton health for 
what it is--a misguided, Government-run bureaucracy that will lead to 
rationing, restricting choice, and decreased quality of care. It is no 
wonder Americans oppose the Clinton health plan. This emperor indeed 
has no clothes.

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