[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 102 (Wednesday, June 21, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H6164]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          NO TAX BREAKS FROM THE POCKETS OF AMERICA'S SENIORS

  (Mr. DOGGETT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. DOGGETT. Mr. Speaker, I came to Washington to serve as an 
independent voice for families from central Texas, not to march in 
lock-step formation for any political party. And in that independent 
spirit I must continue to express my concern about what is happening in 
this House on Medicare.
  The Medicare trust fund is just that, it is something in which 
American seniors and American middle-class families have to trust. But 
unfortunately in this House it is being treated not as a trust fund but 
as a slush fund to fund additional tax breaks for the privileged few in 
our society.
  Mr. Speaker, speaking independently, I have to say that it is 
strange, strange indeed, that at this point the same Republicans who 
criticized President Clinton now try to hide behind his latest attempt 
to get a balanced budget in their efforts to raid the Medicare trust 
fund.
  And those of us who have been elected to independently speak up for 
our constituents are going to be here speaking out about the Medicare 
trust fund and saying, Do not reach into the pockets of America's 
seniors to fund a tax break for the privileged few.


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