[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 77 (Wednesday, May 10, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H4677]
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                     MORE ON THE REPUBLICAN BUDGET

  (Mr. EWING asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. EWING. Mr. Speaker, I think we should have shame on us for the 
campaign that is being waged against our efforts to balance the budget. 
All of us know that it is necessary, if we are going to save this 
country, to balance the budget. And yet we have a smear campaign of 
unusual proportions.
  My colleagues we hear about cuts in Medicare, except Medicare is 
going to go up. We hear about specific changes, but you cannot point 
out those specific changes. You just get up and spout off about them. 
We talk about tax cuts for the rich, but you miss the whole point, that 
there is tax relief for the families of America.
  We talk about letters from home. I will answer those letters 
honestly. I am going to save the Medicare Program. I am going to 
balance the budget.
  I believe the cruelest thing we can do is put fear in the hearts of 
senior citizens. The thinking Americans know that we are going to do 
it, and they support us.


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