[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 65 (Friday, May 10, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H4806]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    THE REPUBLICANS ARE AT IT AGAIN

  (Mr. KLINK asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KLINK. Mr. Speaker, just like that 4-year-old child with a sweet 
tooth, the Republicans are at it again, reaching back in that cookie 
jar, trying to grab Medicare cuts, Medicaid cuts, education cuts. Tax 
cuts for the wealthy is what they are going to balance it with.
  This is like the sword of Damocles dangling over our heads by a 
thread. The elderly are worried, the poor are worried, those who run 
hospitals, those who are medical providers are worried.
  We are looking in the State of Pennsylvania at the possibility of 52 
rural and small-town hospitals closing. Many of these actions have been 
taken already just because of the threats that the Republicans have 
held over our heads over the past 2 years. They were spanked by the 
public for their misbehavior, their irresponsible behavior in putting 
together the 1996 budget, but here they come again, the same 
irresponsible behavior in 1997. And I think when November rolls around, 
the public will spank them again.
  But just like that 4 year old with its sweet tooth, the Republicans 
just cannot keep their fingers out of that cookie jar.

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