[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 177 (Thursday, November 9, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H11978]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   VOTERS REJECT GINGRICH REVOLUTION

  (Ms. DeLAURO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, some people just do not get it. On Tuesday 
night, as voters all over this country were rejecting the extreme 
agenda of the Gingrich revolution, House Republicans were working 
behind closed doors to raise the Medicare premiums.
  Mr. Speaker, this is no smear; this is reality. The Medicare part B 
premiums were scheduled to drop to a 25-percent rate, but Tuesday night 
Republicans voted to raise those premiums to 31.5 percent. That means 
that instead of $42 a month, seniors will pay $53 a month beginning on 
January 1.
  The Gingrich revolution means that seniors are going to pay more for 
Medicare. Do not believe them when they say they are protecting the 
future for our kids, because they are going to cut the opportunity for 
youngsters to be able to go to college. They are cutting student loans 
and providing working, middle-class families with more taxes. They are 
going to increase their taxes and, frankly, it is wrong.
  Mr. Speaker, yesterday the American people rejected the extremism of 
the Gingrich revolution. What we need to do is to make sure the folks 
in the other body reject this Medicare increase.

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