[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 79 (Tuesday, June 21, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: June 21, 1994]
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              HEALTH CARE REFORM SEEN AS NO THREAT TO JOBS

  (Ms. DeLAURO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, as we heard today, Republicans are calling 
the health care reform package a job killer. It is the same argument 
that Republicans made about the budget last year and it is the same 
argument they made about Social Security more than half a century ago. 
They were wrong then. And they are wrong now.
  Republicans called the President's budget package a job killer and 
not one of them voted for it. But, far from stifling job creation, that 
budget has created 3.1 million private sector jobs.
  And, we can look even further back to find the job killer scare 
tactic in use. In 1935, when Republicans were trying to defeat Social 
Security, one House Member said that landmark legislation would: 
``prevent any possibility of employers providing work for people.''
  The budget agreement did not cause job loss, as the Republicans 
claimed it would. Social Security did not stop employers from providing 
work for people, as the Republicans claimed it would. And, health care 
reform will not cause businesses to resort to layoffs, as the 
Republicans claim it will.
  Whether it be job security, social security, or health security--
Democrats have consistently faced up to this Nation's great challenges. 
And, we will do it again on health care reform because Democrats are 
determined to guarantee universal health care for every American. I ask 
my Republican colleagues to put aside the partisan rhetoric and work 
with us to pass health care reform this year. The American people are 
counting on us.

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