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


        HEALTH CARE REDUCTIONS, TAX BREAKS FOR SPECIAL INTERESTS

  (Ms. WOOLSEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. WOOLSEY. Mr. Speaker, Republicans continue to talk about the 
tough choices they have had to make in crafting their budget. I agree. 
Choosing to take health care away from our seniors in order to pay for 
special interest tax breaks is certainly a tough choice, and I cannot 
understand why they made it.
  Why did they choose lower payments to hospitals in order to give tax 
breaks to large corporations? Why did they choose higher premiums and 
higher copayments for seniors of all income levels, in order to lower 
taxes for the most affluent? Why are they giving seniors fewer choices 
of doctors so that gas and oil companies get away with paying no taxes?
  Mr. Speaker, only in Republican Washington is this reckless attack on 
our seniors called a reduction in the rate of increase.


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