[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 109 (Tuesday, July 23, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H8110]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  REPUBLICAN MAJORITY DOING THE PEOPLE'S WILL, ESPECIALLY THE SENIORS

  (Mr. FOX of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FOX of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I want to take a moment just to 
review some of the progress that has been made by the Republican 
majority in this Congress to do what is the people's will and 
especially with regard to our senior citizens, Mr. Speaker.
  In this House, the Representatives have passed legislation to roll 
back the 1993 tax on Social Security. We have also had legislation that 
we passed here in the House to raise the income eligibility levels from 
$11,280 a year to $30,000 over the next 5 years without deductions from 
Social Security, and it is the same Republican majority trying to save 
Medicare, and we will accomplish that by making sure we remove the 
fraud, waste, and abuse.
  Thirty billion dollars a year is what the figure is on fraud, waste, 
and abuse. By passing legislation which will, in fact, make it a crime 
to double bill or overbill the Government for that $30 billion in 
fraud, waste, and abuse, we will have the funds ready and available for 
this generation of seniors and the next generation of seniors so that 
health care for seniors will be preserved.

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