[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 123 (Thursday, July 27, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H7806-H7807]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             SAVE MEDICARE

  (Mr. SCARBOROUGH asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. SCARBOROUGH. Mr. Speaker, good Lord, the spin control is going so 
crazy here, I think I am going to fall down. I mean, I cannot stand up 
much more with this.
  We hear somebody saying as a freshman I was perplexed that the 
Republicans had disdain for Medicare. I am a freshman, and I am 
perplexed that a report comes out 2 months ago saying Medicare is going 
bankrupt and the Democrats are not going to do anything about it.
  That is perplexing to me. Then we talked about Washington speak, and 
we have got the Democrats saying that a 

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spending increase from $4,500 this year to $6,800 7 years from now is a 
spending cut. Again, more spin control.
  Then we get somebody coming in from my home State, Florida, saying I 
want to protect the senior citizens in Florida. Yet the gentleman knows 
it goes bankrupt 7 years from now, and every senior citizen from 
Florida to California is without Medicare if we follow the Democrats' 
path.
  As a Democrat says, beam me up, Scotty, I cannot take any more. I 
have to hold onto this podium tight because the spin control is going 
crazy. Let us talk reality for a second and talk real numbers. We are 
willing to save Medicare, and I hope we get some help from the 
Democrats.


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