[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 113 (Thursday, July 13, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H6919-H6920]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


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                             SAVE MEDICARE

  (Mr. BALLENGER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BALLENGER. Mr. Speaker, what do Robert Reich, Donna Shalala, and 
Robert Rubin have in common?
  (a) They are all Democrats
  (b) They are all members of President Clinton's cabinet
  (c) They all predict that the Medicare Trust Fund will go bankrupt by 
the year 2002
  (d) All of the above
  If you picked (d), you're right. Republicans aren't making the 
Medicare crisis up. The Medicare Trustees, which are members of the 
President's own Cabinet, have said that the Medicare Trust Fund is 
going broke. So while the Democrats in the House chose to ignore the 
Administration, the Republicans have listened. We understand the 
importance of the situation, and we know what will happen if we do 
nothing but maintain the status quo--Medicare will go bankrupt.
  Republicans will work hard to preserve, protect and improve Medicare 
not only for this generation, but also 

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for future generations. I urge my Democrat colleagues to listen to 
their own colleagues and join us in saving Medicare, not the status 
quo.

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