[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 45 (Thursday, March 28, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H2970]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      THE HEALTH CARE REFORM BILL

  (Ms. McKINNEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. McKINNEY. Mr. Speaker, last Friday was political payday for the 
NRA with a vote to repeal the assault weapons ban. Yesterday was 
political payday for the antichoice crowd with a vote to ban an 
extremely rare abortion procedure. And today, Mr. Speaker, is political 
payday for the Golden Rule Insurance Co. and its medical savings 
account scheme.
  Today we will vote on a health insurance reform bill which includes 
medical savings accounts, at a cost of $2 billion to taxpayers. It is 
no coincidence, however, that the Golden Rule Insurance Co. has given 
more than $14 million to Republicans.
  This chart, Mr. Speaker, demonstrates how a few large, well-placed 
contributions to the GOP resulted in today's vote on medical savings 
accounts.
   Mr. Speaker, the old saying is true: He who has the gold, rules. And 
while the American people want serious health insurance reform, all 
they are getting from the GOP is cash-and-carry government.

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