[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 121 (Tuesday, July 25, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H7560]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            PROTECT MEDICARE

  (Mr. METCALF asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. METCALF. Mr. Speaker, Norma and I have realized the American 
dream. We built our own log home. We cut down the trees, we built the 
home, we now own the home free and clear. But what of the future? We 
are both eligible for Medicare.
  We are deeply concerned about Medicare. Previous Congresses have 
spent all the money, decades of wild, irresponsible spending on pork, 
and foreign aid, and so forth, and they did not build a secure base for 
Medicare. It is now an insecure base.
  The President's own commission says that Medicare will go bankrupt by 
the year 2002 if we do not fix it. We are not going to let that happen. 
The new majority will preserve and protect Medicare. It is going to 
increase 5 percent or more each year in the benefits. Thousands of 
people are counting on it. We have given our word, and we will not fail 
them.


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