[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 97 (Friday, July 22, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: July 22, 1994]
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 THE RIGHT OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO BE INVOLVED IN HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mr. GOODLATTE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, when the going gets tough for those on 
the side of nationalized health care, the so-called tough among them, 
get going behind closed doors.
  Just as it was in the beginning with Hillary Clinton's secret health 
care task force meetings, so it appears it will be in the end. You need 
only harken back to the battle over the budget and recall the Democrat 
leadership's last-minute back room deals.
  Will we have another 2,000-page bill dropped on our door step at 4 in 
the morning? Will we be granted just 24 hours to digest a massive 
health care bill before having to cast our final vote? Will the 
American people be denied a say in a reform process which will directly 
affect one-seventh of our Nation's economy?
  Mr. Speaker, the American public has a right to know what is in the 
final health care plan the Democrat leadership drags out of the closet. 
Please do not deny them that right.

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