[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 106 (Tuesday, June 27, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H6317]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          ENOUGH GAMESMANSHIP

  (Mrs. SEASTRAND asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. SEASTRAND. Mr. Speaker, as I read the paper this morning, I 
could not believe what I read about what the liberals are up to today. 
As we are reaching an agreement between the House and the Senate 
regarding a balanced budget by the year 2002 by responsibly slowing the 
rate of government spending increases, the other side of the aisle is 
planning another spate of July fireworks.
  According to the Washington Times, the minority leadership is 
encouraging their Members to go to a local nursing home and engage in 
scare tactics about what they call unfair Medicare cuts. Have they no 
shame? They want their Members to go to our senior citizens in a 
nursing home, many of whom are on fixed incomes and dependent on Social 
Security and their Medicare benefits, and try to scare them into 
thinking their benefits will be cut. Is this what the once mighty 
Democrat Party has been reduced to? Are they completely bankrupt of 
ideas?
  We want to work together to increase Medicare spending every year, 
for every eligible person for 7 years. Is that a cut? No. We want to 
increase Medicare spending by 33 percent over 7 years.
  Mr. Speaker, it is time for partisanship, gamesmanship, and scare 
tactics to be set aside. We must work together and solve the Medicare 
problems.


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