[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 112 (Friday, August 12, 1994)]
[House]
[Page H]
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[Congressional Record: August 12, 1994]
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                             PRICE CONTROLS

  (Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the Clinton-Gephardt and 
Clinton-Mitchell plans are all about the Government controlling our 
health care. Today, I would like to highlight some of the price 
controls they impose.
  The Clinton-Mitchell bill which costs $1 trillion taxes your health 
insurance plans whose premiums grow at rates faster than the Government 
prescribes. The Clinton-Gephardt plan creates a national cost 
containment commission to impose regulations to keep costs down. Price 
controls never have worked and they will not work now.
  What this really means is Americans will be taxed and give up some of 
the services you need.
  This is the Clinton plan for total Government control. But, America 
will not be fooled; they know the difference between myth and reality.

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