[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 79 (Friday, May 12, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H4901-H4902]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           MEDICARE INCREASES

  (Mrs. SCHROEDER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. SCHROEDER. Mr. Speaker, as we go home for Mother's Day, I think 
all of us know that mothers have that extrasensory perception about 
when people are fudging. Well, let me tell you, there is going to be a 
lot of fudging going on here about this budget. You are going to hear 
it's traditional family values.
  But let me ask a question? Do you know any family in America that 
when they pull up to the table to put their 
[[Page H4902]] budget together says let us push the children away and 
let us push the elderly away, the most vulnerable in the family, so 
those who are doing real well can get a larger piece of the pie? I do 
not know any family like that. That is the traditional mogul budget.
  So we have really turned it on its head and turned traditional family 
values into traditional mogul values. And if you are really wondering 
what to get your mother this year for Mother's Day, they have now 
answered the question. Send her a check, send her cash. She is going to 
need at least $900 to $1,000 a year because there is going to be an 
increase in premiums and an increase in all things that affect her 
Medicare.
  Not a good Mother's Day present.
  

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