[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 161 (Wednesday, October 18, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H10210]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              MAKE MEDICARE THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, I believe the Republican plan on Medicare 
goes too far. But I do not agree with the political strategy of the 
Democratic Party. I do not believe the Republicans are two-headed 
monsters that want to destroy Medicare.
  Medicare is broken. It needs fixing. The sad fact is the Democrats, 
we the Democrats, had control, and we did not fix it.
  Making Newt Gingrich and the Republican Party into Darth Vaders may 
be good Democrat strategy, but it is bad public policy for America. It 
is divisive. It is irresponsible in an America that is already divided.
  Let us get beyond the spin to win. Let us fix Medicare so it, in 
fact, can be a gift that keeps on giving for our parents and 
grandparents, and let us get off the politics.

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