[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 198 (Wednesday, December 13, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H14373]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      THE CRUEL REPUBLICAN AGENDA

  (Ms. BROWN of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. BROWN of Florida. Mr. Speaker, the Republicans are now 
threatening to shut down the Government unless President Clinton signs 
on to the Republican plan to abandon our Nation's poorest, sickest, and 
most disabled citizens by repealing Medicaid.
  This cruel Republican agenda will hurt children, veterans, pregnant 
women, and seniors. Two-thirds of Florida's nursing home residents get 
help from Medicaid. Almost a million children in Florida get emergency 
health care from Medicaid every year. These seniors, these children, 
and many of Florida's 2 million veterans may look to Medicaid in the 
next few years and find that they are out of luck.
  When it comes to family values, the Republican Party talks the talk 
but they certainly do not walk the walk. And this budget proves it.

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