[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 110 (Wednesday, August 10, 1994)]
[House]
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[Congressional Record: August 10, 1994]
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     AS THE COUNTRY MOVES FORWARD, THE OPPOSITION PREDICTS CALAMITY

  (Mr. GEJDENSON asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GEJDENSON. Mr. Speaker, there they go again. Every time this 
country takes a step forward, a significant portion of the people on 
the other side of the aisle announces that calamity is just around the 
corner.
  When we passed the Budget Act that has created more jobs in the last 
16 months than in the previous 4 years, they told us we would see more 
unemployment, we would see higher deficits, and we would see an 
economic crisis. The reality is that this country has moved forward 
steadily, with more new jobs than ever before, more economic growth, 
and less inflation.
  These are the same tired old arguments against any step forward in 
society.
  Go and tell some of the mothers and fathers who watch their children 
getting inadequate health care that the present system is good enough.

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  We need to make sure that every child in America has decent coverage. 
AARP has stepped forward and joined the call to follow the Gephardt 
plan, to make sure that every citizen has decent coverage, has access 
to drugs that are needed to deal with their illnesses, and not left by 
the wayside. It is wrong to leave the middle class at risk, while the 
rich and the poor take the free ride.

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