[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 109 (Tuesday, August 9, 1994)]
[House]
[Page H]
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[Congressional Record: August 9, 1994]
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           THE DEMOCRAT HEALTH REFORM PLANS ARE FULL OF MYTHS

  (Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the Clinton-Gephardt or 
Clinton-Mitchell health care plans are full of myths. One of those 
myths is that America can afford nationalized health care. That is just 
not true. The Clinton-Mitchell bill contains 17 new taxes to be felt by 
the middle class, mostly. The Clinton-Gephardt bill contains an 
increase in the tobacco tax, a tax on insurance premiums, a tax for 
employers whose employees are covered somewhere else, such as by a 
spouse, and a new tax revenue by extending Medicare to more people.
  Mr. Speaker, the Clinton-Gephardt health plan costs America $226.7 
billion in new taxes, and only makes deficit reductions of $17 billion. 
They have to use the money from these taxes to fund their increased 
funding and expanded entitlements.
  Mr. Speaker, Americans do not want, do not need, and do not deserve 
to be overtaxed so Congress can spend more. Unlike Congress, the 
American people know the difference between myth and reality.

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