Newt Gingrich: “7 minutes ago the Congressional Budget Office's analysis of the Clinton health plan was made available, and it is a very…”

“7 minutes ago the Congressional Budget Office's analysis of the Clinton health plan was made available, and it is a very revealing document. Remember that the President came here in his very first speech last year and praised the Congressional Budget Office for its accuracy. What it says is that the health plan is a Government activity, that the money paid for the health insurance under the Government plan should count as Government receipts, and that it is substantially underscored and would add at least $133 billion to the deficit over the next 5 or 6 years. Mr. Speaker, what this Congressional Budget Office document says is that the Clinton plan is a big Government, big bureaucracy, big tax plan, that will lead to a bigger deficit. I think it indicates why those of us in the House who want to pass a common sense bill should work together at a practical level and put together a bipartisan bill, but recognize that with this analysis, the Clinton plan is indeed dead on arrival and it is time now to turn to a bipartisan effort to write a health bill.”