[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 109 (Tuesday, August 9, 1994)]
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                          HASTE IN HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. EVERETT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. EVERETT. Mr. Speaker, as the old saying goes, haste makes waste, 
and in the case of the health care reform, haste makes a lot of waste.
  As the Democratic leaders push ahead with their plans to ram health 
care reform through the Congress, I urge them to remember this simple 
three-word cliche, ``haste makes waste.''
  Health care reform is one of the most important legislative issues we 
will do this Congress. It will directly affect the lives of all 
Americans daily. If we mess it up, we mess up the lives and livelihoods 
of millions of Americans.
  The best way to build consensus on this legislation is to go home 
with the various alternatives and go through them with our constituents 
before we vote.
  The last thing that should be done is craft a bill in the back rooms 
of the Capitol without the input and guidance of the American people. 
Mr. Speaker, haste in health care means waste in effort, waste in 
lives, waste in money in the future.
  Let us come up with a true bipartisan bill our constituents 
understand and approve of before we vote.

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