[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 89 (Tuesday, July 12, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: July 12, 1994]
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                     LAUGHTER IS THE ONLY MEDICINE

  (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. Madam Speaker, as the Clinton health care plan 
goes on life support because of a lack of support, the White House has 
decided to try the old nostrum that laughter is the best medicine.
  They have come up with a joke of a strategy to advance their health 
care plan. First, they intend to start another bus trip on August 1.
  How appropriate, that in this age of supersonic travel and 
information superhighways the White House has decided to take the 
Trailways instead.
  Their second knee-slapper is a sophomoric response to the Harry & 
Louise ads, which express the genuine concerns middle-class Americans 
have about a government-run health care plan.
  Evidently to the White House these concerns are a joke, so they 
turned to their friends in Hollywood to come up with another sit-com to 
express them. While America wants Marcus Welby, the administration is 
sending Roseanne.
  Just remember as you chuckle, that if the Clinton plan passes, 
laughter will be the only medicine you can get without a wait.

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