[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 142 (Wednesday, September 13, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H8812]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            REPUBLICANS HAILED FOR THEIR EFFORTS ON MEDICARE

  (Mr. HOKE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HOKE. Mr. Speaker, I hope the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Doggett], 
my colleague and good friend, the previous speaker, had a chance to 
read the Washington Post editorial yesterday on the Medicare or Medi-
scare debate.
  The liberal paper of record applauds Republicans because we have 
``forcefully taken the right position on the basic issue of controlling 
costs'' and it chides the Democrats, like my good friend from Texas, 
for not playing a ``constructive part in the Medicare debate.''
  Boy, they could not have gotten it better and more right on point. It 
says, ``The Democrats denounce the Republicans for proposing to gut the 
programs, but they have no serious counterproposal; not the Democrats 
in Congress and not the President either.''
  It continues, ``They,'' the Democrats, ``risk squandering for 
political reasons a chance to tame these programs that everyone agrees 
need to be tamed. What if they chose to help instead of using the issue 
to score political points?''
  That is the liberal Washington Post speaking. How about it, my 
Democrat colleagues. How about it my friend from Texas. Why not put an 
end to this partisan posturing and join us in an effort to save 
Medicare from bankruptcy.


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