[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 119 (Friday, July 21, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H7382]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


             TOUGH DECISIONS NEEDED TO STRENGTHEN MEDICARE

  (Mr. HAYWORTH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HAYWORTH. Madam Speaker, my good friend from Texas can be 
answered with another question: Where is your plan? Have the courage to 
come forward and accept what the trustees of the Medicare trust fund 
have told us, what three Cabinet-level officials in President Clinton's 
own Cabinet have told us, that Medicare goes broke in 7 years if we 
fail to do anything.
  Friends, we are not out to scare the American people, unlike my 
friend from Texas. We are here to make tough decisions, to strengthen 
and save Medicare.
  So, yes, we do have to work out the details. We invite our friends to 
join us. But, once again, instead of joining us and stepping up to the 
plate and helping us govern, they would rather whine and complain and 
try to scare the American people.
  That old formula no longer works. It is time for bold new leadership 
to save Medicare, and this majority is committed to finding the answer.

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