[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 118 (Thursday, July 20, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H7261-H7262]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                    THE NATIONAL DIALOG ON MEDICARE

  (Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland. Mr. Speaker, it has been several weeks now 
since the Board of Trustees of Medicare issued their report saying that 
by 2002 Medicare will be broke. We are now engaged in a national dialog 
on this subject. And where have we come in this dialog?
  I think that the little plate here shows it very well. Are we talking 
about Medicare, or are we talking about MediScare. The last thing this 
country needs, Mr. Speaker, is all of the half-truths and untruths that 
are issuing from the other side of the aisle, that are meant to 
frighten our senior citizens.

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  What we need is a considered debate on this subject. Apparently my 
colleagues on the other side of the aisle are content to maintain the 
status quo by these scare tactics, and let Medicare go bankrupt.
  Mr. Speaker, the Republican majority will not let this happen. We are 
committed to preserving, protecting, and strengthening Medicare for 
this generation and future generations.

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