[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 124 (Wednesday, September 11, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H10182]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        GOP MEANS GET OLD PEOPLE

  (Mr. PALLONE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I support tax cuts cuts. We all support tax 
cuts, but not when they are at the expense of Medicare.
  We have already witnessed attempts by the Gringrich-Dole Congress 
over the last 2 years to raid Medicare for tax breaks for the rich. 
Democrats stood up and stopped the Republicans dead in their tracks, 
preventing the demise of Medicare as we know it.
  Today, Bob Dole is back in town, meeting with Speaker Gingrich behind 
closed doors, likely discussing ways to attack Medicare again for their 
tax break schemes. Last year Speaker Gingrich and former Senator Dole 
proposed the largest Medicare cuts in history to pay for a tax break 
that would have primarily benefited the wealthy.
  Mr. Speaker, it is the same old story. GOP truly means get old 
people, again and again.

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