[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 90 (Wednesday, July 13, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: July 13, 1994]
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                        HEALTH SECURITY EXPRESS

  (Mr. BALLENGER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BALLENGER. Mr. Speaker, the health security express is gearing up 
and coming to Washington.
  Organized by the White House and liberal special interest groups, 
this express will bus in thousands of activists late this summer to 
lobby for the passage of the Clinton health care bill.
  It is not certain if they will take Greyhound, but their motto will 
surely be ``Leave your health care to U.S.,'' as in the U.S. 
Government.
  Most Americans, though, do not want to get on this express.
  They do not want their health care quality run off the road. They 
don't want the Government to make the choices on what doctor to see. 
And they do not trust the ZGovernment to control one-seventh of the 
economy.
  In fact, President Clinton's health care reform plan is so unpopular, 
polls show that most folks would rather wait for the Congress to pass a 
better bill.
  Mr. Speaker, the health security express is getting ready to come to 
Washington. Most Americans, though, would prefer it stay home.

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