[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 93 (Thursday, June 8, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H5696]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                    REPUBLICANS FIGHTING FOR SENIORS

  (Mr. FOX of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FOX of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, the fact is that the 
Republicans have in fact looked at the problem and seen that the 
Medicare trust fund will go out of business by 2002. We will have no 
Medicare. But under our proposal, there is an increase from $4,700 to 
$6,300 for the Medicare recipients.
  This is not a cut. Only in Washington, DC can an increase be a cut.
  Working in a bipartisan fashion, we want to make sure our seniors are 
protected.
  Not only are we going to protect Medicare but we are making sure that 
Social Security is off the table. More importantly, we just recently 
rolled back the 1993 increase in Social Security taxes and we allow 
seniors under 70 years old not to be capped at $11,280 for income but 
be able to make up to $30,000 a year over the next 5 years without 
deductions from Social Security.
  We are fighting for senior citizens. We ask that everyone join 
together and work with us so that we can make sure that Medicare is 
preserved, protected, and improved.

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