[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 138 (Thursday, September 7, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H8600]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 CUTTING MEDICARE TO PAY FOR TAX BREAKS

  (Mr. GIBBONS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Speaker, 9 months ago the American public gave to 
the Republicans the opportunity to control this House of 
Representatives and the Senate. At that time the Republicans announced 
that they wanted to give very wealthy income taxpayers a huge tax 
break. How are they going to pay for it under the budget rules?
  They are going to cut 270 billion dollars' worth of benefits out of 
the Medicare Program, $270 billion. They are going to take away from 
all the senior citizens the right to choose their doctor. They are 
going to charge them more. These burdens will fall not only on the 
senior citizens but on their families, who will feel compelled to have 
to dig down in their pockets to take care of these people. This is 
unfair.
  But the most unfair thing about all of this, Mr. Speaker, is this: In 
2 weeks, we will be voting on the Committee on Ways and Means on this 
program, and this is the only copy of it that we have, this blank
 piece of paper. This stealth attack is unconscionable.

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