[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 16 (Thursday, January 26, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H697]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                        SENIOR CITIZENS, WAKE UP

  (Mrs. MEEK of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. MEEK of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I am a senior citizen. I am here 
to say to senior citizens throughout this country, wake up, better 
smell the coffee. They are getting ready to make some very drastic 
changes here in this Congress that will affect you. So you have better 
call them, write them, and talk them to slow this train down.
  I realize that a balanced budget is needed to control the runaway 
spending in this country, but as it is currently drafted, they are 
going to balance the budget on your backs, senior citizens. You have 
felt the toil of this country for all of these years. You paid taxes 
all of these years. Now they are going to cut Medicare, they are going 
to cut Medicaid, they are going to cut Social Security.
  Do not let them fool you. There should be truth in packaging here so 
you can see the package that is being put together, so you can know 
what the cuts are.
  Do not be fooled by what you are hearing about a balanced budget. 
Sure, it is good, but it is not what you can see that is going to hurt. 
Look at the massive cuts in Medicare. They are using the Constitution 
to change the fiscal policy. Let them do it. That is what they are 
elected to do, to cut.
  Why use the Constitution to do that? Wake up, call them write them, 
whatever is within your voice, because the budget will be balanced on 
your back.

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