[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 84 (Tuesday, June 28, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: June 28, 1994]
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               BIPARTISANSHIP: THE POPULAR WAY TO REFORM

  (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, a recent Newsweek poll shows that Americans 
overwhelmingly reject the Clinton-style health reforms now being pushed 
through Congress. They think the Clinton plan would raise costs, reduce 
choices, and lead to rationing. Even so some top Democrats have vowed 
to push through health care regardless of the views of the American 
people. This is ridiculous, we need to stop and listen to the people's 
legitimate fears. Americans know that health reform is a complex task. 
They want us to go slow and get it right. And they want us to work 
together. The Rowland-Bilirakis bill is a bipartisan approach toward 
reform. It targets the obvious problems with widely supported, 
commonsense solutions. Simply put, it is the popular and smart place to 
begin this debate.
  So let us focus our efforts on Rowland-Bilirakis and let Clinton 
health care rest in peace.

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