[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 96 (Wednesday, June 26, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H6850]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              LIBERALS WANT TO SCUTTLE HEALTH CARE REFORM

  (Mr. STEARNS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. STEARNS. Madam Speaker, I wish to follow up on Speaker Gingrich's 
comment on health care.
  It is very simple to see what is going on here. Liberals lost the 
battle over nationalizing health care. Now they want to scuttle any 
health care plan that does not make the Government bigger. It is a 
shame. It is a shame because millions of American families would 
benefit from the health care reform bill being held up by the liberals 
in the Senate. Millions of people would be able to establish medical 
savings accounts. Many others would be forced to remain in job lock 
because they have a prior condition.
  Madam Speaker, the health care reform bill now before Congress has 
bipartisan support. In fact, last week, 25 Democrats sent a letter to 
President Clinton urging him to support these commonsense reforms that 
the American people have been demanding for years. They do not want 
more government. They want portable, available, and affordable health 
care.
  Madam Speaker, let us pass the health care bipartisan reform bill 
now.

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