[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 96 (Tuesday, June 13, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H5777]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                REPUBLICANS COMMITTED TO SAVING MEDICARE

  (Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland. Mr. Speaker, Medicare's trustees warn that 
the Medicare system will be bankrupt in just 7 years in 2002.
  That means that if you are 58 today--there might be no Medicare for 
you when you turn 65.
  If the system goes bankrupt, Medicare does not have the authority to 
pay the hospital bills of any one senior citizen, let alone the 37 
million senior citizens and disabled who will depend upon it.
  That is the challenge all Americans face.
  Republicans are committed to preserving, protecting, and saving 
Medicare.
  We urge the President to join us in this effort.
  

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