[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 172 (Thursday, November 2, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H11691]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         REPUBLICAN LIMBO DANCE

  (Ms. PELOSI asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Speaker, the exercise that we are going through here 
in this budget battle reminds me of the limbo. How far will the 
Republicans go to give a tax break to the wealthiest Americans?
  First we see the pole at a level they have to go under where they 
will affect America's seniors, cutting benefits to seniors while 
increasing their premiums in Medicare. Next, Medicaid, where they 
remove a guarantee for health care to America's seniors, at the same 
time removing standards for nursing homes.
  Let us move that pole down as the Republicans come around in this 
dance again, and see what they do for children. Reductions in school 
nutrition programs, reductions in student aid programs, removing 
millions of children from guaranteed health care while removing 
Medicare as an entitlement for them. And what about those children's 
families? Here they come again, lower the pole in this limbo dance. How 
low can you go to give a tax break to the wealthiest Americans, while 
raising taxes on millions of Americans under $30,000 a year?
  Mr. Speaker, today it even gets worse. In addition to this limbo 
dance, today the Republicans are going to hit Americans where they live 
by cutting over $5 billion in housing, and that, Mr. Speaker, shows 
just how low they will go to increase homelessness in order to give a 
tax break to the wealthiest Americans.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge our colleagues to vote ``no'' on this bill today.

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