[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 113 (Thursday, July 13, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H6918]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   SENIORS HAVE REASON TO BE AFRAID OF WHAT THE REPUBLICANS ARE DOING

  (Mr. LEVIN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. Speaker, what is behind the Republicans' wild swings 
at Medicare? In part it is to finance a tax cut for the privileged few, 
but it is also a reflection of a basic Republican dislike of Medicare. 
Words can be very meaningful, and look at what the majority leader said 
yesterday about Medicare: I would like to be free to choose not to 
become in any extent a ward of the State.
  Americans are not wards of the State when they receive Medicare. 
Indeed, Medicare helps make seniors independent, not dependent. 
Medicare helps seniors avoid becoming wards of the State and wards of 
their children.
  Mr. Speaker, Republicans are scaring the seniors of this country, and 
seniors have reason to be afraid of what the Republicans are doing.

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