[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 VERSUS WELFARE REFORM

  (Mr. SMITH of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, it is amazing that the same people 
President Clinton is purporting to help with his welfare plan are 
precisely the ones he will hurt with his health care plan.
  The poor, the unwed mothers, the minorities are supposed to be the 
beneficiaries of Mr. Clinton's welfare plan.
  These same groups will then be the victims of his health care plan. 
They will pay with their jobs, with decreased opportunities, and with 
raises they will never see.
  It is incredible that when it comes to welfare and taking people off 
a government program the President could not be more cautious; but when 
it comes to health care and putting every American onto a Federal 
program he could not be more cavalier.
  No wonder the White House loves universal access--it will make every 
single man, woman, and child a perpetual dependent of the Federal 
Government.
  No wonder they are willing to talk about taking a few people off a 
Government program after 2 years when they are planning to put everyone 
on a Government program forever.

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