[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 111 (Thursday, August 11, 1994)]
[House]
[Page H]
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[Congressional Record: August 11, 1994]
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MAY THE CLINTON-GEPHARDT AND CLINTON-MITCHELL HEALTH CARE PLANS REST IN 
                                 PEACE

  (Mr. BAKER of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BAKER of California. Mr. Speaker, here they go again. Yes, a 
crime bill that does not fight crime but spends $33 billion that we do 
not have. Yes, it reduces the minimum mandatory sentences for drug 
pushers that sell poison to our children. It eliminates the minimum 
mandatory sentences on those who use a gun in the commission of a 
crime, yet makes it a crime to own a gun to protect your home or your 
family or your business.
  Do we have the $33 billion? No. And what are we going to do later 
this week or next week about health care? We will turn it over to the 
Government. What a new concept. It has been tried in Great Britain, but 
if you have a business in Great Britain or you are employed there as a 
management employee, they give you the keys to the washroom. In other 
words, private health care. You do not have to stand in line with the 
rest of those poor people that are suffering under socialism.
  How is it working in Canada? That is our model. Oh, just fine, thank 
you, unless you live in Ottawa and want a hip operation. It is not on 
the menu. Oh, they closed for 3 weeks to balance the global budget. All 
that is in the Clinton-Gephardt plan, all that is in the Clinton-
Mitchell plan. Let them rest in peace.

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