[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 76 (Tuesday, May 9, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H4556-H4557]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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  REPUBLICANS WILL SAVE, PROTECT, PRESERVE, AND IMPROVE THE MEDICARE 
                                 SYSTEM

  (Mr. TATE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
[[Page H4557]] minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TATE. Mr. Speaker, it is an exciting day in America, because the 
Republicans on the House side are making real change, just as we 
promised, with the Contract With America.
  Now we are going to take on the balancing of our national budget. Let 
me tell the Members, Mr. Speaker, a child born today, if we do nothing, 
will be saddled with $187,150 in their lifetime just in taxes, just to 
pay the service on our national debt. That is unacceptable. The 
Republicans are willing to take that on. We are also willing to save 
our Medicare system.
  If we do nothing, if we just sit back on our hands, like some are 
saying we should do, it is going to go bankrupt. Republicans are 
committed to save it, to protect it, to preserve it, to improve it. We 
are not going to bury our heads in the sand, Mr. Speaker. We are going 
to take on the issues that are important to working people, saving our 
future and saving our children's future.

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