[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 25 (Wednesday, February 28, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H1402]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                PUTTING THE SQUEEZE ON WORKING FAMILIES

  (Mr. STUPAK asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. STUPAK. Mr. Speaker, the last speaker in the well said let us 
take a look at the Republican plan, and let us take a look at what they 
have done. Republicans say they stand up for working people, when they 
fought for policies that have squeezed working families and denied them 
and their children needed opportunities. They have refused to raise the 
minimum wage. They have passed higher taxes for working families. They 
have passed a Medicare premium that will increase on 37 million 
beneficiaries. They have passed the corporate raid on workers' 
pensions. Your pensions are no longer safe with this new Republican 
majority. They have passed the repeal of the Medicaid guarantee on 
nursing home coverage.
  Mr. Speaker, I hope America will take a look at the Republican record 
and their plan and see that it is nothing but putting a squeeze on 
working families and unwilling to cooperate with the majority of people 
in this country.

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