[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 81 (Tuesday, May 16, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H4965]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        REPUBLICANS AND MEDICARE

  (Ms. DeLAURO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, the public is not fooled by the Republican 
shell game.
  They oppose Republican plans to pay for a tax break for the 
privileged few by cutting Medicare.
  Today's Washington Post tells us that 56 percent of the people are 
opposed to the Republican plan to cut Medicare. They are not fooled by 
Republican claims of fixing Medicare. The public is on to the 
Republican scam of using Medicare as a piggy bank to pay for their tax 
breaks for the privileged few.
  Rather than wiping out billions of dollars in tax cuts for large 
corporations, Republicans chose to slash support for the old and the 
sick.
  The Republican chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee says he 
will not touch the billions of dollars of tax breaks for wealthy 
corporate special interests.
  Mr. Speaker, let us go after the billions in corporate tax breaks 
before we stick a ``sick tax'' on our parents and grandparents.

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