[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 126 (Tuesday, August 1, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H8075]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 DEMOCRATS IN DENIAL REGARDING MEDICARE

  (Mr. BALLENGER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BALLENGER. Mr. Speaker, despite all their pious concern over 
Medicare, Democrats have chosen a path that most definitely will render 
Medicare bankrupt by the year 2002. Democrats have chosen the path of 
denial. They deny the existence of this report by three of Bill 
Clinton's own Cabinet Secretaries. They call for immediate action to 
save Medicare from bankruptcy.
  But Democrats deny that Medicare is going bankrupt.
  In fact, the minority leader himself has called this report a hoax. 
That's right. The Democrats don't even want to hear the advice and 
warnings from the people who run Medicare, who are themselves Democrats 
in the President's Cabinet.
  Mr. Speaker, denial is a dangerous path to follow. Medicare is going 
bankrupt, the numbers are not lying, and we need to take action now to 
preserve Medicare for millions of seniors who depend on it. We simply 
cannot afford to ignore the warnings of this report.


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