NAN A. S. HAYWORTH: “Our dear friend from New York truly did take a parting shot. We could go back and play historical revisionism and…”

“Our dear friend from New York truly did take a parting shot. We could go back and play historical revisionism and infinitum. The question is not who created a program, but who is willing to save and sustain it. I know no one in this majority who is willing to abandon Medicare or willing to abandon Social Security. I know no one in this new majority willing to abandon Medicaid as a goal, but of course we have offered alternatives, and upon that good people may disagree. To my colleagues from the minority, Mr. Speaker, to my colleagues from the majority and those who have joined us this evening nationwide on C-SPAN, I think it is important to note that we may engage in constructive dialog. Indeed, it is our hope that that constructive dialog that occurs in this Chamber, where so many great debates have gone on through the years, is also occurring at the other end of Pennsylvania Ave., and let us work together to save this Nation by making it economically sound.”