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Patricia Schroeder: well, the tax cuts got passed, the circus came to the Hill, and, guess what, we still do not have a budget. We do not…

On the recordMay 3, 1995
well, the tax cuts got passed, the circus came to the Hill, and, guess what, we still do not have a budget. We do not have any budget because now they have got to do the tough part, the spending part, and there is nothing really there they can cut except Medicare. They do not want to cut Medicare. You know, we have tried last year, for the last 2 years, with the President, to reform the whole health care system. Boy, we did not get any help on that side. They promised they could do this. This was going to be so easy. Now you hear everybody, saying, ``Hey, where is the President, where is the President? He ought to do this.'' Well, he was here last time. He was trying to do it. We were trying to do it with him. We got no help there. Let us get this budget out. Let us see what we are going to do to get this thing balanced, and let us stop seeing the whining for help from the White House.
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Patricia Schroeder
Colorado

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Discussing the lack of a budget and the challenges of health care reform.

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