[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 142 (Tuesday, October 4, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: October 4, 1994]
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                      DEMOCRATS USE SCARE TACTICS

  (Mr. HOKE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. HOKE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today because I am tired of hearing the 
scare tactics on the other side of the aisle that are designed to 
frighten our elderly citizens. I am specifically talking about those 
tactics which have been used recently to frighten citizens into 
thinking our Republican contract with America would cut their social 
security or their Medicare.
  What I would like to do this morning is, I would like to point out 
that, in fact, the 103d Congress did cut Social Security benefits, and 
the 103d Congress did cut Medicare. It is right here in the Omnibus 
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993.
  The exact amounts are that we cut Medicare $55.8 billion, we cut 
Social Security $24.6 billion. Not one single Republican voted for 
that, every single Republican in this House voted against it.

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  The Democrats cut Social Security; the Democrats cut Medicare. Let us 
set the record straight.

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