[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 111 (Thursday, August 11, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: August 11, 1994]
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   AN INEFFECTIVE CRIME BILL AND THE MOVE TOWARD SOCIALIZED MEDICINE

  (Mr. SMITH of Michigan asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SMITH of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, two very important issues facing 
this Congress but more than that facing this Nation: A dramatic crime 
bill which expands social programs and a bill that calls and moves us 
toward socialized medicine in this country.
  Mr. Speaker, we are seeing the President and some of the liberal 
Democrats hold hostage needed changes to reduce crime in this country 
so that they can expand $8 billion worth of social programs in urban 
areas. We see individuals that are holding hostage needed changes to 
reduce the cost of health care in this country so that they can go to 
socialized medicine. I plead with the American people to look at what 
is happening and the consequences of having more government takeover of 
your individual freedoms, your life, and taking away part of our 
private sector economy to be managed by a government that has not done 
very many things very well.

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