[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 183 (Friday, November 17, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H13147-H13148]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE REPORT ON THE RECONCILIATION BILL

  (Mrs. CLAYTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. CLAYTON. Mr. Speaker, today we will consider the Republican 
conference report of the reconciliation bill, not the conference report 
but the Republican conference report. I say that purposely to say that 
the Democratic conferees have had very little input in what now will be 
presented to the House.
  Yes, this is a time we should discuss our values and our priorities. 
I say the Republicans should understand we will reject this.
  Why? Not because we are fiscally irresponsible, but because we are 
compassionate, because we are responsible to all America, not just a 
few in America. We understand what it means to have senior citizens not 
to have health care.

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  The $200 billion taken away for Medicare will mean senior citizens 
will suffer. The large amount of moneys that will be cut from student 
loans will mean a lot of students will not have a future in America. 
This is wrong.
  This budget is the wrong direction to go. The Republicans know it is 
wrong.
  We must reject it because it is wrong for America.

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