[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 107 (Friday, August 5, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: August 5, 1994]
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                         WHERE ARE THE DETAILS?

  (Mr. BOEHNER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. BOEHNER. Mr. Speaker and our colleagues, our Founding Fathers 
must be rolling over in their graves as they watch the prospect of how 
we are going to handle the most massive bill ever introduced in 
Congress to take control of one-seventh of the Nation's economy. It is 
called health care reform, and we do not have a bill.
  I heard the people from the other side of the aisle talking about all 
the glorious parts of this, but all it is, Mr. Speaker, is talking 
points, like the candy man telling someone how good the candy is going 
to be and not talking about the fact that it is full of sugar.
  Where are the details? The details do not exist.
  We know when we are going to pass it: August 19. We know when we are 
going to start the debate. We are going to do that on August 15. But 
where is the legislation that we are going to debate?
  We all know that the devil is in the details, and the American people 
have a right to know what is in this legislation. They have a right to 
participate in this debate, and today, without the details, none of us 
can do that.
  I think it is a shame.

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