[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 107 (Friday, August 5, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: August 5, 1994]
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 ``HARRY AND LOUISE'' TV ADS ON HEALTH CARE CHANGED, ENDORSE UNIVERSAL 
                                COVERAGE

  (Ms. DeLAURO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, there is an old saying that goes: ``Be 
careful what you wish for, you just might get it.'' It is a maxim that, 
today, should be hanging on the walls of the Health Insurance 
Association of America. The HIAA is best known as the creator of Harry 
and Louise, the celluloid couple who led the $50 million attack on the 
Clinton health care plan.
  But, now that the Clinton bill is off the table, the HIAA is afraid 
Congress may pass the disastrous Republican alternative without 
universal coverage and that has Harry and Louis singing a different 
tune. Ironically, the HIAA is now calling for a plan that has universal 
coverage as its foundation--much like the Clinton plan which they just 
spent untold millions to defeat.
  Here is a copy of their new ad: ``Insurance Reform and Universal 
Coverage--They Work Together.'' Democrats in this body could not agree 
more--that is why the Gephardt bill contains both and why it is the 
best path to health care reform. We are happy to see that Harry and 
Louise have finally seen the light. We just with they had not been in 
the dark so long.

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