    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 30, Number 25 (Monday, June 27, 1994)]
    [Page 1338]
    [Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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    Statement on Congressional Action on Health Care Reform

    June 23, 1994

        Under the leadership of Chairman Ford, the decisive action by the
    members of the House Education and Labor Committee has brought us one
    step closer to achieving our goal of universal coverage: guaranteed
    private insurance for every American that can never be taken away.
        Chairman Ford has had a long, distinguished career in Congress, and
    his guidance throughout the health care reform process and his
    commitment to universal coverage will help us ensure that all Americans
    have the health security they want and deserve.
        With today's action, for the first time ever, a committee in each
    House of Congress has reported a bill that guarantees universal
    coverage. They have broken the chokehold of special interests and, by
    choosing to cover everyone, have stood up instead for millions of hard
    working middle class Americans.
        As we continue to move forward, and as momentum for reform builds,
    this committee action sends a clear signal to the American people that
    Congress is well on its way to making health care history this year.