[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 100 (Wednesday, July 27, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: July 27, 1994]
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                  HARRY TRUMAN: PRESIDENT AND PROPHET

  (Mr. GEJDENSON asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GEJDENSON. Mr. Speaker, 46 years ago Harry Truman, in a 
courageous move, recognized the State of Israel. Yesterday we had the 
head of the State of Israel and the King of Jordan before this Congress 
signing a peace that has taken those 46 years to achieve.
  Harry Truman in 1945 called for universal health care. In 1945 he 
said the need for a program that will give everyone an opportunity for 
medical care is obvious, nor can there be any serious debate about the 
doubt of the Government's responsibility to help in this humane and 
social problem.
  Mr. Speaker, we have brought the parties in the Middle East together; 
the Soviet Union that President Truman, through President Bush, fought, 
has dissipated. The Soviet Union is no longer.
  We have been to the moon; we have been able to conquer most of the 
childhood diseases that existed when President Truman was in office, 
but we are still struggling to give every American guaranteed health 
care coverage.
  We have brought peace to the Middle East. We have brought an end to 
the Communist reign in the Soviet Union; it is time to give Americans, 
100 percent of Americans, universal health care coverage.

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