[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 116 (Wednesday, August 17, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: August 17, 1994]
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                           HEALTH CARE REFORM

  Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I would just add one thing in response to 
the majority leader's statement on health care. We are going to do all 
the business we can on health care. We are going to try to explain it 
to the American people, try to explain all the plans that are out 
there--the Gephardt plan, the Clinton plan, the Mitchell plan, the Dole 
plan, the mainstream plan, the Nunn-Domenici plan.
  There are a lot of plans and some have similarities. Many of us think 
we ought to take all the common parts of these plans, put them together 
and pass that bill. Many of us are wondering, and certainly the 
Presiding Officer may have wondered, too, how are we going to--if we 
are going to spend $1.5 trillion over the next 10 years, what effect is 
it going to have on other appropriations, and how are we going to be 
able to find that money, and what will happen in the process.
  So I would say to the majority leader, we are prepared to move ahead. 
We are not going to be rushed, but we are prepared to move ahead. This 
is the most important issue that will be around this year or maybe for 
many years, and we certainly welcome the debate.

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