[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 81 (Tuesday, May 16, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H4964]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


              NO WHITE HOUSE LEADERSHIP ON SAVING MEDICARE

  (Mr. BOEHNER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. BOEHNER. Mr. Speaker, this January, Mexico was near bankruptcy, 
and the Clinton administration mounted a furious effort to save it.
  He might have been misguided or wrong. But at least he had the 
courage to be a leader.
  Where is the President now that Medicare is on the same path to 
bankruptcy as Mexico?
  He has made no proposals to save Medicare, even though his own 
Cabinet officials say it is going bankrupt.
  He is not even willing to negotiate with Republicans who are trying 
to save it.
  Mr. Speaker, the President is willing to save Mexico, but not the 
millions of senior citizens who rely on Medicare.

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