[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 85 (Wednesday, June 29, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: June 29, 1994]
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                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mr. ROWLAND asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ROWLAND. Mr. Speaker, yesterday, an amendment by John Porter 
transferred some money from the increases in administrative accounts of 
the Departments of Labor, HHS, and Education to develop additional 
community health centers in rural and intercity areas, giving access to 
health care to tens of thousands of people who do not now have access. 
This amendment passed. Today, I understand, we may vote in the House to 
reverse this.
  My question to my colleagues is this. If you are for health care 
reform, how will you explain to the people back home who sent you here 
that you voted against money for increasing community health centers, 
that is taken from administrative costs in Federal departments, but 
would vote for cuts in Medicare to finance health reform. That will not 
be easy to explain, to the senior citizens in your districts.

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