[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 106 (Thursday, August 4, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: August 4, 1994]
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               REPUBLICANS BEING DISHONEST ON HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. TUCKER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TUCKER. Mr. Speaker, last night the President of the United 
States addressed the Nation. He addressed the Nation on many issues, 
but none more important than the issue of health care.
  Mr. Speaker, we have heard a lot today from my colleagues on the 
other side of the aisle. They have indicated to us that the health care 
issue is not the important issue that we think it is; that reform is 
not the most imminent issue that we face. But, Mr. Speaker, how can we 
sit back and talk about the fact that we have the most excellent health 
care system on the face of the Earth, when only 83 percent of our 
people are covered?
  Mr. Speaker, we are talking about 38 million people who are uninsured 
in 1992 at some point in time, and 83 percent of those people were 
working-class families.
  When are the Republicans going to be honest with the American people 
and let them know that we must have a health care bill this year, 
passed by this House? And the only way that we are going to get to 
universal coverage is through shared responsibility. It must happen, it 
must happen this year, and it must happen through shared 
responsibility.

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