[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 180 (Tuesday, November 14, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H12205]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             TAKE MEDICARE AND STUDENT LOANS OFF THE TABLE

  (Mr. BROWN of Ohio asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BROWN of Ohio. Madam Speaker, for months Speaker Gingrich has 
threatened to shut down the Government in order to score political 
points and to give tax breaks to the wealthiest people in this country. 
The President has vetoed these bills because he is unwilling to 
increase Medicare premiums 25 percent and because he is unwilling to 
cut student loans to middle-class families.
  It is simply wrong to increase Medicare premiums and to cut student 
loans so that Speaker Gingrich can bestow huge tax breaks on the 
largest corporations and the wealthiest people in this country.
  Let us take Medicare and student loans off the table and work 
together in a bipartisan way to run the Government the way that it 
should be.

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