[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 117 (Thursday, August 18, 1994)]
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              THE JOB-KILLING CLINTON-GEPHARDT HEALTH BILL

  (Mr. EWING asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. EWING. Mr. Speaker, a report, which we have already heard about, 
released by the National Federation of Independent Business, recently 
shows that the Clinton-Gephardt health care bill would cost 1.3 million 
working men and women their jobs, and another 11 million of them might 
see their wages reduced if this plan were passed.
  In my own State of Illinois, the Clinton-Gephardt bill could kill 
almost 65,000 jobs, and more than 553,000 Illinoisans would see their 
wages reduced because of this bill.
  The mandates in the Clinton-Gephardt bill for businesses to pay for 
insurance is more than they can afford. It could cause many small 
businesses to face closing or reducing their employees.
  Mr. Speaker, the Illinois economy has had its problems with 
recession, and through it all small business has been there for the 
working men and women. The mandates in the Clinton-Gephardt plan would 
put an end to that. We should not pass the Clinton-Gephardt plan. We 
should look out for the working men and women of this country.

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