[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 89 (Tuesday, July 12, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: July 12, 1994]
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       VIEWS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE NEEDED IN HEALTH CARE DEBATE

  (Mr. LINDER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LINDER. Madam Speaker, as Congress comes back into session today, 
the American people should know that the Democrat leaders will begin 
secret meetings to resurrect the Clinton health care bill. Neither 
Republicans nor the press nor the public will be allowed to take part.
  Surely the American people have had enough of Congress operating 
behind closed doors. Moreover, they have a right to follow the crafting 
of a bill that affects 14 percent of the economy.
  The Democratic leadership will perform only plastic surgery on a bill 
that cries out for surgery. It may look better at first glance but 
inside, where it counts, it will still be decaying the economy.
  Senator Jay Rockefeller said recently, ``We're going to push through 
health care regardless of the views of the American people.'' So they 
will.
  But the views of the American people cannot be ignored forever. 
November comes to mind.

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