[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 141 (Tuesday, September 12, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H8732-H8733]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   MEDICARE: UNSPECIFIED FUTURE CUTS

  (Ms. DeLAURO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, Republicans are cooking the books on their 
Medicare plan, but it is America's seniors who are getting burned.

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  On Sunday, Speaker Gingrich stated that the Republican Medicare cuts 
would mean only $7 dollars in increased monthly premiums for Medicare 
recipients. But, the Republican-controlled Congressional Budget Office 
disagrees with the Speaker's new math. In fact, the CBO says that 
seniors will pay $56.50 more each month, not the $7 the Speaker claims.
  But, my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have developed a 
new accounting device called unspecified future cuts. Unspecified 
future cuts means that Republicans can claim $80 billion in savings, 
without telling the American people where that money is coming from.
  It is time for the Republican leadership to stop playing games and to 
come clean with the American people about its plan to cut $270 billion 
from Medicare to pay for a tax cut to the wealthy.

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