[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 96 (Thursday, July 21, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: July 21, 1994]
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           THE PRESIDENT MUST OFFER LEADERSHIP ON HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. EWING asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. EWING. Mr. Speaker, I hope the Democratic health care bus drivers 
which are headed to Washington do not cause too many accidents, because 
if the drivers follow the President's lead, we can expect them to be 
swerving from one side of the road to the other all across the Nation.
  For months the President has been demanding that health care reform 
include universal coverage, presumably meaning that the Government 
would require every American to have coverage. Then 2 days ago he said 
it was impossible to cover everyone. Then yesterday he reversed his 
reversal, and now says he is for universal coverage again.;
  For months the President has been insisting on a mandate by the 
Government that businesses pay for health care, and suddenly he says he 
is willing to look at alternatives.
  Mr. Speaker, the Democratic leadership in the House are our bus 
drivers on health care, and if they follow the President's lead, they 
will not know whether to drive on the left side of the road, the right 
side of the road, or straight down the middle.
  I hope the President will give them some direction before we have a 
health care crash.

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