[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 166 (Wednesday, October 25, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H10751]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       THIS IS NOT A FAIR BUDGET

  (Mr. WYNN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WYNN. Mr. Speaker, good morning. Balancing the budget may be a 
good idea. Tax breaks for the wealthy is not. I want to talk about 
Medicaid.
  In this so-called reconciliation bill the Republicans cut $182 
billion out of Medicaid. Now some people are saying, ``There you go, 
talking about the poor again.'' No, I am talking about the elderly, the 
disabled, and the blind. They had not one public hearing. They cut $182 
billion. They tell us, well, it is to make things better for future 
generations.
   Mr. Speaker, the future is now. The future is my parents, my 
colleagues' parents. It is my colleagues' parents, my colleagues' 
grandparents, my colleagues' aunts, and my colleagues' uncles who are 
in these nursing homes. In the year 2002, when they tell us they will 
have a great balanced budget, they will also be spending 30 percent 
less on Medicaid. They also are eliminating the standards that protect 
seniors from oversedation, protect their nutrition, protect their 
health standards in nursing homes.
  The other night I met with the Alzheimer's support group. They are 
worried. They are concerned that they may have to spend their 
children's college education to support their parents in nursing homes. 
They are concerned that the elderly are sometimes eating cat food 
because they cannot afford it.
  This is not a fair budget, and they worsen the pain by adding tax 
breaks for the rich. We need to protect our seniors. Reject the 
Republican budget approach.

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