[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 100 (Wednesday, July 27, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: July 27, 1994]
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 LET US WORK TOGETHER ON HEALTH CARE REFORM AND RESTORE CONFIDENCE IN 
                                CONGRESS

  (Mr. MAZZOLI asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MAZZOLI. Mr. Speaker, I believe the poll results show that there 
was a very significant upward movement of approval across the country 
for Congress as an institution, and as a working institution, when 
together we adopted what was called NAFTA, the North American Free 
Trade Agreement back in 1993. Unfortunately, some of those approval 
ratings have been dropping off in the meantime, and it seems to me that 
one way this institution, and we as Members of it on both sides of the 
aisle, could again improve our ratings with the American people both as 
an institution of historical significance and also as a working, 
productive body, would be to do something together on the health care 
issue.
  What dignified and probably distinguished NAFTA was the fact that 
both sides came together, the leadership on both sides of the aisle, 
and fashioned this agreement. What we now need, I think, is more effort 
collegially and cooperatively in a bipartisan sense with regard to 
health care reform.
  It seems to me if we were able to do something like that in these 
waning days of summer, then we might be able to restore the confidence 
of the people in Congress as an institution and as a working 
institution.

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