On the recordJune 5, 1996
I would just add to that, the discussion we have had today and we have heard tonight on special orders is really again sort of back to this fundamental debate between those who believe that in the final analysis Washington knows best and those of us who would like to see, whether we are talking about Medicare reform or welfare reform, to decentralize this thing and allow States and individuals to make many of the choices themselves. It is really, and you hate to get back to this debate about Boris Yeltsin and some of the comments the gentleman made about the former Soviet Union, how we are encouraging them to move to a more market oriented system. Yet here in Washington it is easy to be in favor of welfare reform and Medicare reform when you are out on a campaign swing, but somehow when you get back to Washington, the influence of this city just says no, we must keep the decisionmaking, we must keep the power here in Washington.
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