[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 112 (Friday, August 12, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: August 12, 1994]
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        THE HEALTH CARE PLAN: LET US MEET WITH OUR PEOPLE FIRST

  (Mr. THOMAS of Wyoming asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. THOMAS of Wyoming. Mr. Speaker, this is a representative 
Government. This House is designed to send people here to represent the 
folks at home. It means that it is part of our job to spend as much 
time as possible at home talking and listening to the folks that we 
represent.
  Yesterday the President said he did not think the Congress should 
take a vacation. Vacation? Give me a break.
  We go home and spend every day of that time meeting with people, in 
my case, in Wyoming, talking about how they feel about health care, how 
they feel about gun control, how they feel about the crime bill.
  Every August this opportunity arises for an extended time to go home 
and talk to folks. It is important. It is especially important this 
year, it seems to me.
  The administration has had a full-court press on trying to do 
something about a health care bill, any health care bill as long as it 
is passed, for political cover.
  The leadership of this House has brought forth a number of bills, 
none of which has been scored as to their costs or as to who will pay 
for them.
  Mr. Speaker, we need to go home and talk to the folks and come back 
and deal with health care then.

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