[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 96 (Tuesday, June 13, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H5777-H5778]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                    WHERE ARE THE PRESIDENT'S IDEAS?

  (Mr. HAYWORTH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HAYWORTH. Mr. Speaker, it was nice to see the President sit 
beside the Speaker of the House and agree that the Medicare trust fund 
has serious problems that need to be fixed before it goes broke by the 
year 2002. It was encouraging to see the President agree that Medicare 
cannot survive under the status quo--that changes are necessary to 
preserve, protect, and save Medicare.
  But Mr. Speaker, where are the President's ideas? Where are his 
solutions? Where are the ideas of my liberal Democrat colleagues in the 
House? It is easy to stand around and talk [[Page H5778]] about a 
problem, but it takes real leadership to actually work to solve a 
problem.
  Mr. Speaker, Republicans are showing leadership by producing real 
solutions to the real problems facing Medicare today. If the Clinton 
Democrats want to be relevant, I say it is time to put up or shut up. 
It is time to act responsibly and offer solutions, not criticisms.


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