[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 PEOPLE WANT HEALTH CARE DONE RIGHT

  (Mr. ROTH asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. ROTH. Mr. Speaker, speed is a quality we look for in our 
athletics, and it is even a good hit title in a movie this summer, but 
it is bad public business when it comes to changing our health care 
system. I have held 83 town hall meetings this year throughout my 
district. Yesterday in Green Bay, WI, I assembled a large cross-section 
of people from across my district for a final review of the health care 
proposals.
  The message was loud and clear: ``Congress, before you pass a bill, 
we the people want to know what it will cost, what it will deliver. In 
other words, what's in it.''
  From the Newsweek poll, we find that two out of three of every 
Americans agree, wait until next year, if necessary, to get the health 
care job done right. So the message from home is: We the people want 
real health care reform, but we want it done right.
  Health care legislation will affect every man, woman, and child in 
America. I have asked the majority leader to call a recess after we see 
the bill and before we cast the final vote so the people that we 
represent can examine the health care policy and tell their 
representatives how they feel about this bill. The American people are 
in no mood to buy a pig in a poke, especially when it comes to health 
care.

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