[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 145 (Monday, September 18, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H9050]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                               MEDAGOGUES

  (Mr. GOSS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GOSS. Mr. Speaker, it is not only House Republicans that are 
questioning the barrage of scare tactics on Medicare that are being 
presented by the Democrats and certain of their special interest 
associates. Last week's Washington Post editorial entitled 
``Medagogues'' puts the entire Medicare debate into perspective by 
comparing the two parties on this critical issue.
  Mr. Speaker, as you may be able to see from this copy, the Post finds 
the Republican plan to be credible, gutsy, and, in some respects, 
inventive. It addresses a genuine problem that is only going to get 
worse, as we all know. What the Democrats have, instead, is a lot of 
expostulation, TV ads, and scare talk, so says the Washington Post.
  The Post is not generally given to commenting so harshly about 
Democrats. The Post goes on to wonder about how the Democrats propose 
to finance Medicare without real structural change. They conclude that 
they are listening in vain for a real response from the Democrats.
  Mr. Speaker, I join with the Post to call on my Democratic colleagues 
to abandon the politics of fear and join us in saving Medicare for 
current and future beneficiaries. The country needs it and we can do 
it.

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