[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 115 (Monday, July 17, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H7015-H7016]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


         DO NOT TAKE AWAY HEALTH CARE SECURITY FROM OUR SENIORS

  (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, while I was in my district 
yesterday, I met senior citizens who are frightened. They don't have 
much money to spare, and they watch what they spend. They are worried 
that they will lose the security of Medicare.
  They understand that cuts to Medicare are not reform. They understand 
that they will pay more.
  I share their concern. The Republicans say they will give seniors 
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choice. But they do not mention that many seniors cannot afford the 
choice. Our elderly will pay more and get less.
  Republicans say they must cut Medicare to save it. If my Republican 
colleagues are concerned about the Medicare Program, why do they cut 
Medicare to pay for tax cuts for the rich? This will not help Medicare.
  Thirty years ago, Congress and the President signed a sacred trust 
with our seniors--Medicare. We must not stand by while that trust is 
broken.

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