[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 162 (Thursday, October 19, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H10313]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                 DO NOT TRADE HEALTH CARE FOR TAX CUTS

  (Mr. MILLER of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MILLER of California. Mr. Speaker, today is the day that the 
Republicans trade the health care of our seniors for tax cuts for the 
wealthy. Today is the day that the Republicans take on the best health 
care system in the world, the least expensive health care system in the 
world, in terms of overhead, and the most comprehensive health care 
system in the world for senior citizens, and today they trade that in 
for tax cuts to the wealthy.
  Mr. Speaker, they do so by taking away benefits that seniors have. 
They do so by making sure that seniors will not be able to pay and to 
purchase the same health care levels and benefits that they have today 
5 years from today. They will not be able to arrange for the same level 
of health care. And so we leave our seniors stranded so that we can 
provide tax cuts and capital gains cuts to the wealthiest individuals 
in this country.
  One of my seniors from Pittsburg, CA wrote and said, ``Congress must 
understand we seniors built this country and we deserve better. You 
should not do this to us.''

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