[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 66 (Tuesday, May 24, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: May 24, 1994]
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                           LET'S MAKE A DEAL

  (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, just like Monty Hall, columnist William Safire 
has called upon Members of Congress to make a deal on health reform. 
And like those disappointing gambles, he cites the obvious losers in 
the Clinton plan that are holding up the legislative process: Behind 
door No. 1, Government-imposed spending limits on health care that 
would require rationing; behind door No. 2, statewide collectives that 
would limit a patient's ability to choose his doctor; and worst of all, 
behind door No. 3, job-killing payroll taxes in the form of mandates. 
In contrast, Mr. Safire says a good deal for America lies in sensible 
reforms that target the obvious problems in the system without 
destroying what works. Republicans have a plan to ban preexisting 
condition exclusions, allow for insurance portability, and 
attack health cost inflation--without new bureaucracies or huge new 
taxes. Simply put, Republicans do not have a deal--them have a 
solution.

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