[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 112 (Wednesday, July 12, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H6836]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            DO THE REPUBLICANS REALLY WANT TO SAVE MEDICARE?

  (Mr. BONIOR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. BONIOR. Mr. Speaker, the Republicans say they want to save 
Medicare. And I wish I could believe them.
  But then I recall that 10 years ago, the majority leader based his 
first campaign on abolishing Social Security.
  Three weeks ago, he published a book that calls for Medicare to be 
replaced.
  And 2 days ago, he told reporters that Medicare was ``a program he 
would have no part of in a free world.''
  Not only that--last January the Speaker himself proposed abolishing 
Medicare and replacing it with a private system.
  To top it all off, just 3 months ago, the Republicans took $87 
billion out of the Medicare trust fund to pay for their tax breaks for 
the wealthy.
  Mr. Speaker, Medicare is a trust fund, not a slush fund.
  When all is said and done, seniors and their families know who is on 
their side.


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