[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 82 (Thursday, June 6, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H5938]
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                             SAVE MEDICARE

  (Mr. DeLAY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DeLAY. Mr. Speaker, Medicare needs to be rescued, yet the 
President and the Democrats prefer to save their own political futures. 
Millions of seniors will lose their health care benefits if the 
Medicare system goes bankrupt, yet Bill Clinton and the Democrats would 
rather scare seniors about plans to protect it.
  The Medicare trustees have concluded that Medicare is going broke 
faster than previously thought, yet Bill Clinton has done nothing to 
save it. Medicare would not be around for the next generation, yet Bill 
Clinton runs millions of dollars of ads attacking the Republicans for 
trying to find ways to preserve it.
  Mr. Speaker, who is being responsible when it comes to Medicare, and 
who is being irresponsible? The answer, to me, is obvious. The White 
House has taken demagoguery to a new level. They have scared seniors to 
secure their own political futures.
  Mr. Speaker, that is wrong. I urge the White House to change their 
tactics and join with the Republicans in saving Medicare.

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