[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 69 (Thursday, May 16, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H5187]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          REJECT BUDGET REHASH

  (Mr. WYNN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WYNN. Mr. Speaker, when you prepare a budget, if you do not 
allocate as much funds as are projected, that is called a cut. You can 
ask the generals when you talk about defense spending. If you do not 
allocate projected funds, it is called a cut.
  The same is true in Medicare, and that is why once again I would say 
that in fact the Republicans are cutting Medicare. Their budget cuts 
Medicare by $167 billion. That is $44 billion more than the President's 
budget, and therein lies the differential. The fact of the matter is 
that under the Republican budget, another rehash of their last year's 
proposal, they will threaten seniors' health security.
  They want to talk about your future. I want to talk about your 
parents. Your parents are going to have to pay Medicare premiums that 
are going to go up under the Republican budget proposal. Your parents 
are going to have higher out-of-pocket costs under the proposal that 
the Republicans are advocating. Hospitals are going to close that your 
parents would use because the Republicans have not allocated adequate 
funds. There is a difference. We should reject the Republican budget 
rehash.

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