[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 78 (Thursday, May 11, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H4801]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


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  THE CONTRACT WITH AMERICA: A DISASTER FOR MIDDLE-INCOME AND WORKING 
                                 PEOPLE

  (Mr. SANDERS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SANDERS. Mr. Speaker, at a time when the gap between the rich and 
the poor is growing wider, I am not impressed by the Republican plan 
which provides huge tax breaks for the wealthiest people in this 
country and the largest corporations, and cuts back savagely on a wide 
variety of programs meant for low-income and middle-income people.
  When thousands and thousands of senior citizens in the State of 
Vermont today are finding it very hard to pay their health care bills, 
I am not impressed by a Contract With America which savagely cuts back 
on Medicare and Medicaid. When millions of middle class families today 
cannot afford to send their kids to college because of the high cost of 
higher education, I am not impressed by a Contract With America which 
cuts back terribly on loans that millions of young people will need in 
order to get to college. The Contract With America works for the rich. 
It is a disaster for middle-income and working people.

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