[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 82 (Thursday, June 6, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H5939-H5940]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MEDICARE IS GOING BROKE

  (Mr. SCARBOROUGH asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)

[[Page H5940]]

  Mr. SCARBOROUGH. Mr. Speaker, here we go again. Absolutely amazing. 
Medicare is going bankrupt, and the Democrats are doing absolutely 
nothing about it. They come up behind the podium just like they did 
last year, telling us that the Republicans are cutting Medicare when 
they know it is not the truth. The Washington Post spells it out. Last 
year during the demagoguery, the Washington Post accused the Democrats 
of shameless demagoguery to try to scare seniors because ``they know 
that is where the votes are.''
  Then, Washington Post columnist Robert Samuelson took it a step 
forward and called the President of the United States and the Democrats 
liars on Medicare. Why? Because it is clear. Medicare is going bankrupt 
and the Democrats are doing nothing about it.
  They do not care about my 93-year-old grandmother. They do not care 
about my parents. They do not care about the millions of seniors who 
will be without Medicare in 5 years if we do not do something about it 
today.
  They do not care. John Lennon wrote a song called ``How Do You Sleep 
at Night.'' I think it should be their theme song for the 1996 
election.

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