[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 79 (Friday, May 12, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H4903]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                           WHERE IS THE CUT?

  (Mr. CHABOT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CHABOT. Mr. Speaker, where is the cut? This chart shows that 
under the Republican budget plan, Medicare spending will increase by 
nearly $100 billion over the next 7 years.
  Now, this second chart that we are going to show here shows that 
spending per recipient for welfare recipients will go from $4,700 up to 
$6,300 per person.
  Now, I know this has to come as a complete shock to my friends on the 
other side of the aisle who spare no opportunity to scream about 
imagined Medicare cuts. They look at America and they see only two 
kinds of people: The wealthy and the victimized. The wealthy are, of 
course, evil and in need of punishment. The victims need protection, 
and they think that only liberal Democrats here in Congress can provide 
that protection.
  Well, the liberal political world view has been almost totally 
rejected by the American people. Americans are tired of excuses. They 
are tired of the slick blame game, and they will not be scared by the 
liberal Democrat shrieks they hear here in Congress anymore. These are 
imaginary cuts. They do not exist.


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