[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 84 (Tuesday, June 28, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: June 28, 1994]
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                COOPERATION URGED IN HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mr. KINGSTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, as we go into the home stretch before the 
August recess. I think it is time not for Members of the House to get 
into this, ``Well, the Republicans are saying this, the Democrats are 
saying this.'' That is not what the people want to hear. What they want 
to hear is that we are going to do what is best and what is right. We 
may disagree, but that does not mean we are wrong, that does not mean 
we are bad. Let us find out what we agree on and put the best of the 
Republican ideas and the best of the Democrat ideas together.
  Mr. Speaker, the Rowland-Bilirakis health care bill is a significant 
first step. It is something we can all go home with. No, it is not 
going to have universal coverage for every American. I think that is a 
great idea of the President, but the fact is we still have a $4.4 
trillion debt we have to contend with and before we go and obligate a 
huge, massive new social program, we have got to say, this is what we 
are going to do about the debt.
  Mr. Speaker, let us start out with the Roland-Bilirakis bill. It is a 
bipartisan bill that has antitrust reform, malpractice reform, and 
doing away with the preexisting illness conditions of a policy. It is a 
good start.

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