[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 97 (Wednesday, June 14, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H5909]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            AGAINST BALANCING BUDGET AT EXPENSE OF MEDICARE

  (Ms. DeLAURO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, last night President Clinton turned up the 
pressure to reach a balanced budget.
  I am sympathetic to that idea and to creating pressure for a more 
bipartisan effort, but I must say that I profoundly disagree with the 
President's proposal for $130 billion of Medicare cuts. Like the 
Republican proposal, when you slash Medicare in the context of a budget 
where you are cutting taxes, the Medicare cuts are no more than a piggy 
bank for another purpose, and I think that that is wrong.
  I have said all along that the only way to move toward a balanced 
budget is to make everyone contribute to that effort, and that includes 
cuts in corporate subsidies. We should move toward a balanced budget, 
but if we do that, everyone should be asked to contribute. We need to 
move toward that balanced budget, but not with a disproportionate cut 
to the seniors of this country.

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