[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 112 (Wednesday, July 12, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H6838]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                     THE TRUTH ABOUT MEDICARE CUTS

  (Mr. LEWIS of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LEWIS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of a 
program that gives security to our Nation's elderly and hard-working 
families. I rise in support of Medicare.
  We beat you to death to keep someone else from killing you. The 
Republicans say that they are cutting Medicare to save Medicare. But it 
is time to be honest with the American people. These cuts will not help 
Medicare. These cuts pay for tax breaks for Americans earning over 
$200,000 a year.
  And, at the same time, the average senior citizen will pay $1,000 
more for health care.
  We must help the Medicare Program, and I have supported efforts to do 
so. But we should not and must not take away the security of health 
care insurance for our elderly.
  These cuts to Medicare are not reform. I know it, You know it, It's 
time the American people know it.
  Don't support Medicare cuts to pay for tax breaks for the rich. That 
is not right. That is not fair.


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