[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 97 (Friday, July 22, 1994)]
[House]
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[Congressional Record: July 22, 1994]
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       THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DESERVE A THOUGHTFUL HEALTH CARE PLAN

  (Mr. LINDER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LINDER. Mr. Speaker, the ``special interest express'' boards 
today. The Clintons have staged a huge media event in an attempt to 
create support for their failing health care plan.
  The only people who are getting behind the President's plan are the 
special interests.
  These lobbying groups are paying $20,000--not for a seat on the bus, 
but for a seat at the table where Democrat leaders are doling out the 
goodies and recrafting the Clinton plan in secret.
  This media stunt purports to speak for the little guy in grassroots 
America. But in reality the Democrats do not care what the American 
people think.
  I believe it was Senator Jay Rockefeller who said, ``We're going to 
push through health care regardless of the views of the American 
people.''
  Despite the Senator's opinion, the American people deserve a 
thoughtful health care plan that is not simply a Clinton retread--
thrown together at the last minute.

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