[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 54 (Wednesday, April 24, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H3736-H3737]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              LIBERALS REACHING NEW HEIGHTS IN DEMAGOGUERY

  (Mrs. SEASTRAND asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. SEASTRAND. Mr. Speaker, the liberals in Congress have reached 
new heights in demagoguery in the last few months, and with the help of 
the liberal media and the big special interests, AFL-CIO, they have 
been able to

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label anything that Republicans attempt to do as extreme or radical.
  Mr. Speaker, truth always has a way of rearing its ugly head, and 
while the liberal Democrats were misleading Americans about the 
environment and while they were out demagoging about the balanced 
budget, the Medicare Program has incurred the largest losses in its 
history.

                              {time}  1130

  In the first half of this fiscal year Medicare has lost $4.2 billion, 
and I would just say it has got to be true because I am holding the 
Santa Barbara News-Press, owned by the New York Times, and here is the 
front page article from the April 22 issue: ``Medicare Trust Fund Loses 
$4 Billion. Clinton Administration Downplays Apparent 
Miscalculations.'' So as I said, even the liberal press is exposing 
that, and I would just say the President vetoed it and now we see his 
party's inaction on solving and preserving Medicare.

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