[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 200 (Friday, December 15, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H14935]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        A THOUSAND-DOLLAR OFFER

  (Mr. EDWARDS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. EDWARDS. Mr. Speaker, we have all heard an awful lot about Mr. 
Haley Barbour, the head of the Republican National Committee, and his 
offer of $1 million regarding Medicare cuts. Now I would like to make 
an offer today to Mr. Barbour and Members of this House.
  As a Democrat I am not as wealthy as some of my Republican friends, 
and certainly not as wealthy as the Republican National Committee, so I 
cannot offer $1 million. But I will take $1,000 out of my own savings 
account and offer it to any Republican Member of this House who can 
prove that their Medicare and Medicaid budget plan will not cut real 
services to senior citizens, real services to senior citizens.
  My friends, that is what counts, cutting care in nursing homes, 
cutting care in rural health care hospitals for senior citizens. That 
is what the Republican plan does, that is what is important, not silly 
little gimmicks in ads such as this.
  But I will maintain my offer of $1,000 to any Republican in this 
House who can suggest and prove that their plan will not cut services 
for our Nation's seniors.

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