[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 96 (Tuesday, June 13, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H5779]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                         MEDICARE IS IN DANGER

  (Mr. WELDON of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WELDON of Florida. Mr. Speaker, Medicare is in danger. President 
Clinton's own trustees say Medicare will be broke in 7 years. Seven 
years. That means that if your parents, or grandparents, are 58 years 
old, there will be no Medicare for them when they become eligible at 
age 65.
  Mr. Speaker, our senior citizens depend on Medicare for their day-to-
day medical needs. Republicans are determined to ensure that they can 
continue to depend on it by strengthening and protecting the current 
Medicare system.
  We will cut the waste and fraud from Medicare and increase the amount 
we spend on each recipient. We will create a series of new choices 
within the current system so seniors are not forced into a system they 
do not want.
  Mr. Speaker, the bottom line is, seniors want a Medicare system that 
offers the best care at the lowest cost and gives them maximum control 
over their own health care. Republicans will give them that system.


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