[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 65 (Friday, May 10, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H4805]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             PRESIDENT CLINTON ADMITS TO MEDISCARE CAMPAIGN

  (Mr. CHABOT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. CHABOT. Mr. Speaker, earlier this week President Clinton finally 
admitted what most of us have known for quite some time now: Congress 
is not cutting Medicare. In fact, our effort has been to save Medicare 
from bankruptcy. When reporters asked the President about those 
deliberately false television ads that portray Republicans as heartless 
souls who are allegedly slashing Medicare and Medicaid, he got visibly 
upset. He acknowledged that the ads are not accurate. He blamed his 
misstatements on the press. And he said he really liked to be truthful, 
but he just cannot do it in a 27-second ad. Very interesting, very 
revealing, and, quite frankly, very sad.
   Mr. Speaker, it was reported last month that the Medicare trust fund 
has lost $4.3 billion already this year. The President knows that 
something must be done, and now he has finally come clean. If he really 
is committed to start telling the truth about Medicare, he ought to 
work with us to save Medicare for this generation and for future 
generations.

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