[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 102 (Friday, July 29, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: July 29, 1994]
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           UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE WILL STRENGTHEN OUR ECONOMY

  (Mr. GEJDENSON asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GEJDENSON. Madam Speaker, I would be very happy to see some of my 
colleagues on the Republican side of the aisle come forward with a 
proposal that would provide guaranteed universal coverage for all 
Americans by the year 2000.
  We have started off on the other side with complaints there was not a 
problem; from not having a problem, they attack the process; they talk 
about the calamity that we are about to create. Let us see what you 
would do. Give us a proposal on how to cover people with preexisting 
conditions, how to help people who work for corporations like 
McDonald's and Pizza Hut that do not insure their employees.
  Do not give me your calls of calamity. The same people were here when 
we passed the budget and said it would ruin the economy. We have 
created more jobs in the last 16 months than the previous 4 years under 
a Republican administration. You said calamity would come from Social 
Security and Medicare. They are the things that hold this country 
together.
  The charges during the Medicare debate are very similar to the 
charges we hear today. The reality is universal health care will 
strengthen our economy and move our country forward.

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