[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 68 (Thursday, May 26, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: May 26, 1994]
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                          HEALTH CARE TRIGGERS

  (Mr. GOODLATTE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, the American people need to learn about a 
term being tossed around by Democrats in the health care debate. The 
term is ``triggers.'' And no, I am not talking about Roy Rogers' horse.
  Democrats know the American people are fed up with tax increases and 
they know that small businesses cannot afford employer mandates forcing 
them to pay for a Government takeover of healthcare.
  So they are ducking the issue by using a fancy trick called triggers. 
It works like this. The Democrats say they will not raise taxes much 
and they will not make small businesses pay for the new Government 
health care bureaucracy.
  But, if their plan does not work, then there will be automatic 
triggers that to into effect forcing small businesses to pay for 
President Clinton's health care plan through employer mandates. And new 
tax increases may automatically kick in on American families.
  When Americans hear the word ``trigger'' used to describe the 
Democrats' health care plans, they need to know it is really a gun 
pointed at their heads. Don't let them pull the trigger.
  Let us stop the political games and give folks what they want: Real 
market based health care reform that keeps families in charge instead 
of Government bureaucrats in Washington.

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