[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 98 (Thursday, June 15, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H5989-H5990]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            PRESIDENT'S BUDGET DOES NOTHING TO SAVE MEDICARE

  (Mr. SCARBOROUGH asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. SCARBOROUGH. Mr. Speaker, I would like to welcome the President 
of the United States into the budget debate, and I commend him for at 
least putting forward a balanced budget on the table, even if it does 
go 10 years, even if it does not cure the Medicare and Medicaid crises.
  I heard the last speaker speak for a second talking about how the 
Republicans were cutting Medicare. The fact of the matter is the 
President of the United States own commission came back to him and 
said, ``Mr. President, Medicare and Medicaid are going to be bankrupt 
in the year 2002. You have got to do something about it.'' 
Unfortunately the President's budget does not do anything about it. It 
does not take care of the Medicare and Medicaid crisis. It still goes 
bankrupt.
  Mr. Speaker, the Republican plan does take care of it, and, because 
of that, I think we need to move forward with the Republican plan, but 
at the same time I welcome the President of the United States and some 
of his advisers for finally standing up and showing a little courage, 
and daring to get into the arena and bloody themselves up instead of 
just saying, ``No, no, no, that's not a good deal.''
  But we have got to do more. We have got to protect senior citizens. 
We have got to protect Medicare. We have got to protect Medicaid.
  We invite the President of the United States and the Democratic Party 
to [[Page H5990]] come to the Republican side. Help us help senior 
citizens.


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