[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 154 (Friday, September 29, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H9675]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                AMERICAN PEOPLE CONCERNED ABOUT MEDICARE

  (Mrs. SCHROEDER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. SCHROEDER. Madam Speaker, I am amazed that the other side stands 
up and says shame, shame, shame on this side. Now, let me tell you: 
That side has been waving around the trustees report saying we must cut 
Medicare, we must cut Medicare. We have been dealing with the trustees 
report every year. So they go out and they slash Medicare, and they 
will not let the trustees even see their plan nor come and testify on 
their plan, because they know the trustees said you only had to cut $9 
billion, and they cut $270 billion.
  Oh, what is happening with the change there? That is a chunk of 
change, and we think they are going to pocket it.
  Thank goodness the American people are not asleep. Let me read a 
letter I got today from a Coloradan. ``Today's Republican single-day 
hearing on Medicaid was one of the most shameful displays of naked 
arrogant power I have ever witnessed.'' It goes on to say, ``Enough.''
  If they want to do that, they can at least let the trustees see if 
they have the right plan. And we know what they are going to say: They 
are giving a tax cut.

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