[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 93 (Thursday, June 8, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H5693-H5694]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


       WHAT MASSIVE REPUBLICAN BUDGET CUTS MEAN TO RURAL MISSOURI

  (Mr. VOLKMER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. VOLKMER. Mr. Speaker, the Republicans say ``Listen to me, listen 
to my words, but don't watch what I do.'' What I am alluding to is a 
budget, a Republican budget that passed the House and also the one that 
passed the Senate, with massive cuts in Medicare and Medicaid in order 
to give tax relief to the wealthy. [[Page H5694]] 
  What do these massive cuts for Medicare and Medicaid mean to rural 
Missouri, where I am from? It means loss, a huge loss in revenues for 
my hospitals. It means many of my senior citizens who are on a low 
income and Social Security will have to pay money they do not have in 
order to give tax cuts of $20,000 for those who earn over $250,000 a 
year. That is not right. That is not fair. That is mean-spirited.
  We need rural hospitals in rural Missouri. We do not need them to be 
shut down because they want to give tax cuts to the wealthy. Mr. 
Speaker, think twice before you act.

                          ____________________