[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 78 (Thursday, May 11, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H4799-H4800]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                    REPUBLICANS PROMISES ARE BROKEN

  (Mrs. LOWEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
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[[Page H4800]] minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, the Republican budget cuts $24 billion from 
Social Security. Seniors who have worked hard their whole lives will 
lose hundreds of dollars in Social Security benefits. Social Security 
is a contract that we've made with our Nation's seniors. The Republican 
budget tears that contract into pieces.
  The Republican budget cuts $283 billion from Medicare. The Republican 
budget will eliminate Medicare as we know it by herding seniors into 
HMO's and by charging them $3,500 more for their health care. Seniors 
who depend on Medicare will be out of luck.
  Mr. Speaker, the Republican budget breaks faith with the millions of 
American seniors who depend on Medicare and Social Security to make 
ends meet.
  Day after day we have heard how the Republicans have kept their 
promises to the American people. One after another the Republicans told 
us that promises made are promises kept.
  Well Mr. Speaker, today we learn that Republican promises made are 
promises broken.
  Speaker Gingrich and the Republican majority promised that they would 
not cut Social Security benefits. They promised not to devastate 
Medicare.
  But what is the truth? What does their new budget say?
  This is how the Republicans keep their promises: By cutting Medicare. 
By cutting Social Security. The American people deserve better.


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