[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]


                           WHERE IS THE CUT?

  (Mr. HOBSON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HOBSON. Mr. Speaker, where is the cut?
  House Democrats have come to the floor, claiming that Republicans are 
cutting Medicare.
  But I have to ask my colleagues, where is the cut?
  If you look at this simple chart, you will see that Republicans are 
not cutting Medicare at all. In fact, we are increasing Medicare 
spending per person from $4,700 to $6,300.
  So, where is the cut?
  In a liberal Democrat's mind, whenever you slow the growth of 
spending, whenever you weed out waste and fraud, whenever you give a 
bureaucrat his walking papers, that is a cut.
  But to the American taxpayers, these are not cuts. To senior 
citizens, these are not cuts. To people possessed of common sense, 
these are not cuts.
  These are reforms that preserve, protect and improve Medicare far 
into the next century.
  Mr. Speaker, I have to ask my colleagues, where is the cut?

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