[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 182 (Thursday, November 16, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H13038]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     REPUBLICANS MEETING IN SECRET

  (Mr. PALLONE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, the Republicans have been meeting in secret 
the last few days to hammer out their differences over the budget bill, 
which they will probably bring to the floor tomorrow. This is the bill 
that cuts Medicare and effectively destroys Medicare in order to pay 
for tax cuts for the wealthy.
  Mr. Speaker, they have not allowed the Democrats to participate in 
their secret negotiations, and as a result of that, a bad budget bill, 
as the New York Times says today, only gets worse.
  If I could just read, according to the New York Times, ``The House 
GOP budget will take about $900 worth of benefits on average from 
families earning less than $30,000, but only $155 from families earning 
above $100,000. At the same time, it will cut taxes by virtually 
nothing on the low-income families, but cut them by about $1,600 for 
high-income families.''
  The Republicans work in secret and they come up with a budget bill 
that we will get tomorrow that provides even more tax cuts for wealthy 
Americans while it destroys Medicare and destroys Medicaid and provides 
us with a much worse health care system than we have now in America.

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