[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 160 (Tuesday, October 17, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H10088]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   TAKE MEDICARE PLAN TO THE TRUSTEES

  (Mrs. SCHROEDER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. SCHROEDER. Mr. Speaker, I think as we talk about Medicare, the 
real issue is the trustees. We have some nonpoliticians here, trustees, 
who oversee Medicare. As we hear people on the other side accusing us 
of MediScare or that their program is better, or whatever they want to 
say, all I want to say to them is please take your plan to the trustees 
and see if it fits what the trustees have asked for.
  When they were arresting seniors last week, one senior, as her 
handcuffs were being put on, looked up at the police officer and said: 
``Do you have a mother? Why would you do this to me?''
  Well, I think all of us do not want to scare our senior citizens, our 
mothers, or anyone else. The ones they will believe in is the trustees. 
We will take our plan to the trustees. We dare them to take their plan 
to the trustees and get their seal of approval.

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