[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 153 (Thursday, September 28, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H9594]
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                       OPPOSING CUTS IN MEDICARE

  (Mr. HILLIARD asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HILLIARD. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the proposed cuts 
in the Medicare Program by the Republicans. I am incensed that after 
months of talking on this issue, the Republicans are still hell-bent on 
making cuts in Medicare, so that they can give their rich supporters a 
tax break and balance the budget at the expense of senior citizens.
  To ask one segment of our society to suffer unnecessary pain so that 
the wealthy can receive an undeserved gain is just wrong. It is un-
American. It is unfair.
  The elderly must not be perceived as an unnecessary drain on this 
country's economic resources. Let us not forget that Americans who are 
now 60 years of age contributed to the largest economic boom in the 
history of this country. In short, they have paid their dues.
  Mr. Speaker, please do not break the backs of our senior citizens by 
doing away with Medicare as we know it today, merely to give your rich 
supporters a tax break. The elderly deserve compassion, not vengeance. 
Leave Medicare alone.

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