[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 91 (Thursday, July 14, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: July 14, 1994]
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             SUPPORT HEALTH CARE COVERAGE FOR ALL AMERICANS

  (Mr. HAMBURG asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HAMBURG. Mr. Speaker, some say we can compromise on the basic 
goal of universal health care coverage, that covering most Americans is 
good enough.
  But who are the millions of American men, women, and children who 
would be left out? The people who will be left out are middle-class 
Americans. They are hard-working people with modest incomes who are 
unable to afford the full cost of covering themselves and their 
families. They are working Americans who do not have health care 
coverage through their employers and who do not qualify for subsides.
  Well-off Americans will always be able to afford health care. The 
poorest in our society will continue to be covered. But it is middle-
class Americans who will lose if we pass health care reform that only 
tinkers around the edges. It is time to support health care coverage 
for all Americans.

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