[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 101 (Thursday, July 28, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: July 28, 1994]
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                GUARANTEED COVERAGE AND THE MIDDLE CLASS

  (Mr. DERRICK asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DERRICK. Mr. Speaker, the American middle class knows what health 
care reform ought to mean: The promise of guaranteed coverage that 
cannot be taken away.
  Some 70 percent of Americans think Congress should work on reform 
until we get it right, and to most Americans, getting it right means 
guaranteeing universal coverage. The opposition favors going only half 
way toward this goal.
  There is no half way to health care reform. Half way falls short of 
center, and the center is our middle class. What good is reform that 
will not benefit the majority of Americans?
  The opposition seeks to hold health care reform hostage for partisan 
ends. They want to send Democrats to the voters empty-handed. But 
Americans view anything less than guaranteed universal coverage as a 
partisan sham and betrayal. Congress can give Americans the health care 
reform it wants--let us make sure we do.

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