[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 100 (Wednesday, July 27, 1994)]
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                           THE PHONY EXPRESS

  (Mr. LINDER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. LINDER. Mr. Speaker, ``The Health Security Express Off to a Slow 
Start.'' That was the headline in the Washington Post, describing the 
special interest bus tour inspired by President and Mrs. Clinton.
  In a sign of things to come, one of the tour's four buses broke down 
the first day. If the Clinton plan is enacted, everybody's health care 
would break down under the control of Government bureaucrats. But even 
as the Phony Express makes its way across the country, Democratic 
leaders are finally heeding Republican warnings.
  In fact, late last week, the President acknowledged that his plan was 
officially dead. The White House is now open to the idea of delaying 
reform.
  But Republicans do not want to delay the wrong reforms. They want 
swift action now on the right reforms. Republicans want malpractice 
reform. We want portability. We want to end preexisting conditions. And 
we want to do it now.
  I urge my Democrat colleagues to work with Republicans to achieve 
commonsense health care reform, while abandoning their plan once and 
for all.

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