[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 148 (Thursday, September 21, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H9367]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         SLOW DOWN ON MEDICARE

  (Mr. GUTIERREZ asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GUTIERREZ. Mr. Speaker, with all the changes the Republicans are 
making, we should put some new signs to warn everybody.
  Like the new highway bill, your State could have a new speed limit, 
not 65 miles an hour, but 65 plus.
  There is another new limit that people should know about. Take a 
look, it is the Republican health care limit, 65 years old. That is 
right. When the Republicans raid Medicare, there is going to be a limit 
on affordable health care for every senior citizen, so if you depend on 
your car, you are going over 65, do not worry about it, you are safe.
  But if you depend on Medicare and you are over 65, watch out, the GOP 
has its sights on you. They are going to pull you over, hand you a big 
ticket, just so that they can pay out the powerful few who paid for 
this victory last November. That is why there is a new health limit in 
America, but there is no limit on how low the Republicans will stoop. 
They will add to the wealth of the upper class and destroy the health 
of the middle class.

  So, slow down, Mr. Speaker, because you are going too fast.

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