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Henry Waxman: “Mr. Gingrich, you quoted a number of people this morning. I would like to cite back to you your statement to the press.…”

On the recordMarch 16, 1994
Mr. Gingrich, you quoted a number of people this morning. I would like to cite back to you your statement to the press. You called the Clinton health care proposal socialism. A lot of us remembered that being said about Medicare. We remember the Republicans saying that about Social Security. And now that President Clinton is trying to make sure that every American gets a private health care insurance policy, you call it socialism. Do you really believe it is socialism?
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Henry Waxman
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Questioning Newt Gingrich's characterization of the Clinton health care proposal during a debate.

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