[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 154 (Friday, September 29, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H9674]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    STOP SCARING MEDICARE RECIPIENTS

  (Mr. TIAHRT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TIAHRT. Madam Speaker, Medicare is going broke by 2002, according 
to the President's board of trustees. If there is no balanced budget, 
if the budget was already balanced, and if no reduction in taxes were 
going to occur, Medicare is still going broke by 2002, according to the 
President's board of trustees.
  Last night I spoke with my mother, Marcy Tiahrt, who this month, 
September 17, turned 68. My father is 76. I want them to have the best, 
especially when it comes to Medicare. And after talking to them, I 
realized that some of the liberal opponents to Medicare were trying to 
scare them.
  I wondered, now, who would want to scare my parents and your parents 
and your grandparents? Would it be a spoiled child, or a mean-spirited 
person, or someone with very, very selfish interests? I do not know. 
But I do know that there is no shame on the floor of the House, and 
there is no credibility to those who would scare my parents and your 
parents and your grandparents to serve their selfish motives.

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