[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 87 (Thursday, June 13, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H6293]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     CLASS WARFARE CREATED BY REPUBLICAN PRIORITIES AND LEGISLATION

  (Mr. GEJDENSON asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GEJDENSON. Mr. Speaker, class warfare began when the Republicans 
took control of this House, when they decided it was a higher priority 
to cut taxes for the wealthiest 1 percent in America and leave seniors 
and children behind. They want to take seniors and leave them in a 
position where Medicare will no longer cover their health bills. They 
will walk in and the Government may pay half, $10,000 for a hip 
replacement, and then the senior will be billed the remainder of $5,000 
or $10,000. They want kids not to be able to get a college education 
unless they are part of that 1 percent.
  Where was the assault on welfare on the other side when corporate 
welfare was on the table, when subsidies to billionaire corporations 
and multimillionaire farmers were on the floor? The other side refused 
to look at their welfare. When it comes to senior citizens and the 
health care they paid for and the health care they have a right to 
expect, that is what they want to cut. They have declared war on the 
classes in this society.

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