[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 106 (Thursday, August 4, 1994)]
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                     GIVE THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT

  (Mr. VISCLOSKY asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Speaker, you cannot truly reform our health care 
system without guaranteed health insurance for all Americans.
  After years of study, the Democrats have come up with a plan to 
reform health care and cover everyone.
  This is not the Clinton plan. We have listened to the people and put 
the changes they want into the new bill. The Democrats' health plan 
keeps all of what is good about the current system and changes what is 
bad.
  The Democrats' plan guarantees health insurance--even for those with 
preexisting conditions, controls costs, and lets people choose their 
doctors.
  Because the Democrats' plan builds on what is good about our current 
system, it accomplishes these goals without Government bureaucracy and 
without broad based taxes.
  This plan will reform our health care system and it will work.
  Mr. Speaker, we have listened to the American people and crafted an 
intelligent plan to reform health care. Let us put partisanship aside 
and give the people what they want.

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