NAN A. S. HAYWORTH: “And even despite the considerable influence and pervasive atmosphere of this city, which seems to have a fundamental…”

“And even despite the considerable influence and pervasive atmosphere of this city, which seems to have a fundamental disconnection with the rest of the country, there is another disturbing development. Again our friend from Wisconsin who preceded us asked, almost plaintively, ``Why can't Republicans and Democrats get along?'' I would contend that on many issues there are many folks on the Democratic side who want to find solutions. What is troubling is that there are many in this Chamber who, even in the act of despairing and disparaging partisanship, turn right around and engage in the same type of partisanship. You mentioned earlier, and the example was especially unfortunate and egregious, our good friend and colleague from Connecticut stood up again, mischaracterizing and misquoting one of the prominent Members of this institution with reference to Medicare, attributing a quote to that individual, saying this individual said that Medicare would wither on the vine. And indeed the record reflects that the speaker in question was talking about the Health Care Financing Administration, not the Medicare Program. I would simply repeat the quote: You know, we tell Boris Yeltsin, get rid of centralized command bureaucracies, go to the marketplace. What do you think the Health Care Financing Administration is? It is a centralized command bureaucracy. It is everything we are telling Boris Yeltsin to get rid of.”