[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 171 (Wednesday, November 1, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H11590-H11591]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 WE CANNOT LET MEDICARE DIE ON THE VINE

  (Mr. WATT of North Carolina asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WATT of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, the Speaker of this House 
has indicated that he wants Medicare to die on the vine. That is his 
quote.

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  I do not want Medicare to die on the vine. I want it to live and to 
continue to provide health care and security to our older Americans.
  The Speaker and the Republicans have been saying for weeks now that 
what they were trying to do was to save Medicare. We told you that was 
not their purpose. Now the truth is out. They never wanted Medicare. 
They never wanted Medicare in 1965. And now they want it to die on the 
vine.
  We have got to fight to keep it living and serving our senior 
citizens. We cannot let Medicare die on the vine.

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