[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 105 (Wednesday, August 3, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: August 3, 1994]
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                             STILL THE SAME

  (Mr. HOBSON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HOBSON. Mr. Speaker, according to news reports, the majority 
leader has crafted a new and improved health care reform bill. The 
Democrat strategy is to try to convince the American people that this 
new bill is vastly different from the President's wildly unpopular 
proposal.
  But I urge the American people to not be fooled. The Gephardt 
approach will contain the same misguided proposals as the Clinton bill.
  I will still have employer mandates, whether they come next year or 
10 years from now.
  It will still have the mandated community ratings that hurt younger 
taxpayers. It will still have global budgeting. And it will continue to 
have a strong Government presence in our health care delivery system.
  Mr. Speaker, a leopard cannot change its spots, and the Clinton bill 
won't change with a new title.
  I urge my Democrat colleagues to abandon once and for all the Clinton 
health care bill. Work with Republicans in a bipartisan fashion to 
achieve commonsense health care reform now.

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