[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 152 (Wednesday, September 27, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H9509]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                ATTACKING MEDICARE AT EXPENSE OF SENIORS

  (Ms. VELAZQUEZ asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. VELAZQUEZ. Mr. Speaker, the Republicans' plan to hold just 1 day 
of hearings on Medicare is an attack on democracy.
  I ask where are our priorities? We had 10 days of hearings on Waco 
and 11 days of hearings on Ruby Ridge so far. Even more alarming, we 
held over a month of hearings on Whitewater, an issue that most 
Americans don't care about. Yet, we had only 1 day of hearings for 
Medicare.
  Americans are scared about cuts in Medicare, scared about their 
future. There should be more than 1 day of hearings on an issue that 
will affect 37 million seniors. Lets come clean and let Americans know 
that the real reason Republicans are cutting Medicare by $270 billion 
is to fund corporate welfare, defense spending, and tax cuts to the 
rich--all at the expense of the health and well being of senior 
citizens.

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