Joel Hefley: “Put your schemes away, is the message the American people are sending…”

On the recordMarch 23, 1994

Put your schemes away, is the message the American people are sending to the Clinton White House. Put your socialist health care scheme away. The American people do not want the Government to run their health care system. They do not want to pay a 7.9 percent payroll tax to get rationed care, diminished quality, and limited choice. And put your stonewalling scheme away. The American people want full disclosure on Whitewater. They want a date set for the congressional hearings. They are tired of assurances without facts, promises without merit. In short, the American people are tired of the sleeze factor surrounding the White House. So, put your schemes away, for another day. Or better yet, put them away forever.

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Joel Hefley

Republican · Colorado

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Addressing health care reform and the Whitewater investigation during a House floor speech.

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