[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 156 (Tuesday, October 10, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H9749]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  DEMOCRATS' DANCING ON MEDICARE PLAN

  (Mr. BALLENGER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BALLENGER. Mr. Speaker, the Democrats have detailed their own 
Medicare plan, best referred to as the Fred Astaire of Medicare. Light 
on its feet and even lighter on its details, the Democrats' plan dances 
around the hard decisions of the Medicare crisis in search of easy, 
look-good answers.
  It promises the seniors everything, everything except a Medicare 
system, because under the Democrats' plan, Medicare won't be around for 
the people who are 56 years old today.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to 
unlace those dancing shoes--don't give seniors the song and dance, then 
leave them to pay the band. Work with us to do what's right--let's save 
Medicare for the next generation, not just through the next election 
cycle.

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