[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 117 (Thursday, August 18, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: August 18, 1994]
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                       A BIG SLIP AND A PINK SLIP

  (Mr. SMITH of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, according to a CNN poll, the first 
time a majority of Americans, 52 percent, disapprove of the President's 
performance. At the same time, only 39 percent approve of the 
President's performance.
  Perhaps, the President's big slip in the polls has something to do 
with the pink slip his health care plan would send American workers.
  The National Federation of Independent Business, America's premier 
small business association, recently sent this to my office.
  It is a pink slip. As anyone who works for a living knows, it means 
``you're fired.''
  This one says 82,000 Texans will lose their jobs if the Clinton 
health care plan passes.
  A pink slip is the last thing anybody wants to see in their pay 
envelope, but it will be one of the first things folks will see if the 
Clinton health plan passes.
  According to the NFIB, the Clinton health care bill will send out 1.3 
million of these across the country. And 11 million workers who do not 
see one of these, will see less of these [dollar bill] if Congress 
enacts this big government, big spender, big-job-loser Clinton health 
care plan.
  A big slip for President Clinton and a pink slip for American 
workers. Congress should remember this before it starts playing doctor.

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