[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 77 (Wednesday, May 10, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H4677]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                             MEDICARE CUTS

  (Mr. SANDERS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. SANDERS. Mr. Speaker, on behalf of 80,000 Vermont senior citizens 
who receive Medicare, I rise today in vehement opposition to the 
proposed 7-year, $400 billion cut in Medicare funding proposed by the 
Republican leadership.
  Today under present funding, many Vermont seniors are hard-pressed to 
pay the high cost of Medicare premiums, and many others cannot afford 
the expensive prescription drugs that they desperately need. Any cuts 
which will raise premiums or cut benefits or raise deductible will 
cause terrible pain for some of the most hard-pressed citizens in 
America and in Vermont.
  It is unconscionable to cut back on Medicare when we are giving huge 
tax breaks to the wealthiest people in this country. It is 
unconscionable to cut back on Medicare when we spend $100 billion a 
year on corporate welfare.

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