[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 65 (Monday, May 23, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: May 23, 1994]
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                         BELLYING UP TO THE BAR

  (Mr. THOMAS of Wyoming asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. THOMAS of Wyoming. Mr. Speaker, the rumblings you hear on Capitol 
Hill are coming from the Ways and Means Committee. They concern a broad 
tax increase, to pay for the President's Government-run health care.
  The Ways and Means chairman had this to say about the Clinton plan:

       I don't have the optimistic view that the administration 
     does that it is possible to pay for universal coverage 
     without taxes. I think that this is a major problem and if 
     we're serious about it, that we have to belly up to the bar.

  Mr. Speaker, the problem with the Democrats is they have bellied up 
to bar way too often.
  They bellied up to the bar to raise taxes during the Bush 
administration. They bellied up to the bar to raise taxes with the 
Clinton budget. And now they want to raise even more taxes to create a 
Government-run health care system.
  Mr. Speaker, it is time to cut the Democrats off. No more bellying up 
to the bar.

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