[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 109 (Tuesday, July 23, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H8108]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   CONGRESS IS NOT GOING TO CUT MEDICARE NO MATTER WHAT ANYBODY SAYS

  (Mr. CALLAHAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CALLAHAN. Mr. Speaker, to those thousands of American senior 
citizens around the country that might be watching this today, I want 
to tell them that we are having a lot of fun seemingly at their 
expense. We have some people who are more interested in the 
Presidential race or in their own congressional races. We have some 
people that are using these props and some people even making up 
things. But to alleviate any fears that may he had in the future about 
this Congress cutting Medicare, I am a member of the Committee on 
Appropriations, and I have spoken to Democrats and Republicans on the 
committee, and I will guarantee everyone that we are not going to cut 
Medicare under any circumstance.
  So listen to the debate, listen to what they have to say, keep in 
mind what they are saying. But if Americans want to go visit their 
grandchildren today, then they should go visit their grandchildren 
because Sonny Callahan can say unequivocally that this Congress, the 
next Congress, or the following Congress is not going to cut Medicare 
no matter what anybody says.

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