[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 162 (Thursday, October 19, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H10311]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      H.R. 2425 PROTECTS MEDICARE

  (Mr. HANCOCK asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HANCOCK. Mr. Speaker, I have been hearing a lot of conversations 
the past several years, but I am 66 years old. Here is my Medicare 
card. I am voluntarily leaving the Congress at the end of this term, 
and I frankly have a very vested interest in the preservation of 
Medicare. I want the choice for my future medical care given to me in 
this Medicare bill.
  This bill is good for senior citizens, it is good for the working 
people who are paying the payroll taxes to guarantee the Medicare, to 
pay for Medicare. It preserves, protects, and it saves Medicare. Within 
a year from now, I guess I will be full-time on the Medicare bill, 
after I leave the Congress.

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