[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 45 (Thursday, March 28, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H2968]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          HOUSE LEADERSHIP HAS SURRENDERED TO THEIR EXTREMISTS

  (Ms. McCARTHY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. McCARTHY. Mr. Speaker, today we have an opportunity to give the 
American people something they want and something they need, a 
guarantee that if they change jobs they will not lose their health 
insurance.
  It is that simple. We know how to do it. The President, the 
Republican Senate and House Democrats all agree.
  So I ask what is the problem? the problem is that the House 
leadership has surrendered to their extremists and loaded up a truly 
bipartisan bill with special interest provisions that would cost the 
American taxpayer millions of dollars.
  My constituents are not asking for something for nothing. They are 
willing to pay for health insurance.
  Let us push those special interests aside, work together, and give 
American families basic security.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge the Republican leadership to put politics aside, 
clean up this bill so we can give Americans this important first step 
toward health care reform. It is the right thing to do.

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