[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 6 (Wednesday, February 4, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H246]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   PRESIDENT'S HEALTH CARE TASK FORCE

  (Mr. DAVIS of Illinois asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, it seems as though we are 
beginning this year on the same note as last year but with a different 
tune. Today we are going to vote on House Joint Resolution 343, an 
effort to deny the legitimate payment of bills incurred by the 
President's Task Force on National Health Care Reform convened in 1993. 
Some Members of this body do not want to pay the bills because they did 
not like the recommendations.
  Let us be serious. Let us get on with the real business of this 
country like providing health care to indigent children, protecting 
Social Security, fixing our roads and bridges, providing day care, 
creating jobs with livable wages, hiring teachers and lowering class 
size.
  Let us vote down House Joint Resolution 343 and get on with the real 
business of the American people.

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