[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 99 (Tuesday, July 26, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: July 26, 1994]
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                THE RUSH TO PASS HEALTH CARE LEGISLATION

  (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, yesterday Federal District Court Judge Royce 
Lamberth said he would hold a trial to determine whether the First 
Lady's health care reform task force broke the law when they met 
secretly from the public.
  Just like the President's health plan was written behind closed 
doors, now the majority leaders in Congress are meeting in secret rooms 
to write a health care bill they will bring to the floor to vote on.
  In their rush to pass a health care bill before the fall elections, 
the majority appears willing to take a bill to the House floor without 
any significant time for Members or the American people to review the 
details.
  Just like the American people should have a right to know what 
special interests worked on Mrs. Clinton's health care plan, so they 
also deserve to know what is in any bill we pass before we take a vote.

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