[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 140 (Friday, September 30, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: September 30, 1994]
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              READ THE FINE PRINT IN REPUBLICANS' CONTRACT

  (Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the Republicans have presented 
the American people with what they are calling a contract. However, 
this contract is more like a bill because it costs at least $800 
billion to fulfill the promises they make. Yet they do not say which 
programs they will cut to achieve these needed savings. The Republicans 
did not strike a nerve, they slashed their wrists.
  I urge my colleagues to read the fine print in this contract and 
discover what this contract will really mean for America. It will cut 
Social Security and Medicare. In order to make that cut, they will have 
to drastically cut Medicare and Social Security. This contract means 
that senior citizens will no longer be receiving their health benefits 
under Medicare or their Social Security checks. Just this year, 
Congress voted on a balanced budget amendment. The reason it did not 
pass is they would not exempt Social Security. Yet we are going to get 
it again and they are going to say, ``Well, we can't balance the budget 
without cutting your cost of living or Social Security.''
  For the first time, the people are finally realizing that they are 
not going to lose their benefits. We are not going to balance the 
Federal budget on the backs of senior citizens for their 30-second TV 
spot.

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