[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 92 (Thursday, June 20, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H6634-H6635]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    REPUBLICAN GIMMICKS HURT AMERICA

  (Mr. HILLIARD asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HILLIARD. Mr. Speaker, the right-wing radical Republicans seem to 
always take the side of the rich and privileged in America. They act as 
if they really care about America and working families and the middle 
class. There is no better case in point than Medicare.
  The Republicans are using smoke and mirrors, political double talk, 
and all the gimmicks from the Nixon-Reagan school of politics. But they 
still would not be able to fool the American public. They know the 
American public really knows that the Republicans want to kill Medicare 
because it is the only way that they can save their Republican friends' 
tax cuts.
  The bottom line is that Democrats want to honor the Medicare contract 
and the Republicans do not. The Medicare contract should be first.

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                              {time}  1030
 PERMISSION FOR SUNDRY COMMITTEES AND THEIR SUBCOMMITTEES TO SIT TODAY 
                        DURING THE 5-MINUTE RULE

  Mr. REGULA. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the following 
committees and their subcommittees be permitted to sit today while the 
House is meeting in the Committee of the Whole under the 5-minute rule: 
Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities; Committee on 
Government Reform and Oversight; Committee on International Relations; 
Committee on the Judiciary; Committee on National Security; Committee 
on Resources; Committee on Science; Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure; and Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
  Mr. Speaker, it is my understanding that the minority has been 
consulted and that there is no objection to these requests.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Chambliss). Is there objection to the 
request of the gentleman from Ohio?
  There was no objection.

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