[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 17]
[House]
[Pages 23786-23787]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




          PRIORITIZING CUTS IN FEDERAL COVERAGE OF HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. OBEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I note that the majority party is considering 
a number of actions to cut spending, including actions to cut back 
child health care under Medicaid and including actions to cut back SSI 
payments to disabled Americans.
  I wonder if some of those same Members of Congress would be willing 
to eliminate Federal coverage for health care for Members of Congress 
before they reach down to the low-income groups in this society and cut 
their health care. It seems to me that if you are going to start by 
cutting health care benefits anywhere, we ought to start right on this 
floor, with the people who work here.

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