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health care entitlements and the impact on the national budget. We all

want to be fiscally responsible, reduce

the deficit, have Medicare and quality

health care for all Americans. But we

cannot do that the way the Republicans are proposing. And we want to

keep our people healthy.

And just in closing I want to point

out one other cut they are making, billions of dollars in cuts in the National

Institutes of Health, where we do the

breast cancer research, all kinds of

prostate cancer research, AIDS research, you name it, any illness that

you can name that has gotten attention: Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s disease,

the rest of it, so in every way that you

would measure the health and wellbeing of a population, they have undermined and attacked in this.

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And I hope the American people will

respond appropriately.

I thank the gentleman.

Mr. SANDERS. If the gentleman

would yield, I just very briefly say this:

Today we heard from our Republican

friends that they had a mandate. Let

us not forget that in the November

elections, 62 percent of the people did

not vote, did not vote.

We can turn this around. We can win

this fight. We can stop these devastating cuts and this transfer of wealth to

the upper-income people. We can do it,

but we cannot do it with Members of

Congress alone. We are going to need

the help of millions and millions of

American citizens who are fighting

hard to maintain their standard of living.

So if you do not think it is right that

we give huge tax breaks to the rich and

cut back on a zillion programs that affect the children and the old and working people and students, if you think

that is wrong, we are going to need

your help.

So let us stand up together and let us

fight back. Let us get a little justice in

America.

Ms. DELAURO. Just one comment. I

was struck today by a letter that I was

shown by another Michigander, the

gentlewoman from Michigan [Ms. RIVERS] our colleague, and she showed me

a letter that she received from a senior

citizen in her district about the cuts,

and it was a very poignant comment

that this individual made.

Lynn showed it to me, and she said,

‘‘Read this.’’ And the woman said,

‘‘Maybe I have lived too long.’’ An indictment of our values and what this

Nation and this country is all about

when this woman writes and says,

‘‘Maybe I have lived too long,’’ because, ‘‘you are cutting my Medicare,

my Social Security,’’ and we are providing tax breaks for the richest in this

country. It was a sad commentary, and

I think one that struck me very hard,

and I think says a lot about what this

debate is about.

Mr. BONIOR. Let me just end with a

little story to follow up what BERNIE

just said about getting involved.

I am always reminded of that story

about Senator BILL BRADLEY, who was

at a dinner one evening. The Senator

was eating. The waiter came by and

put a pat of butter on the bread plate.

The Senator turned to the waiter and

said, ‘‘Can I have two pats of butter,

please?’’ The waiter said, ‘‘Sorry, one

pat per person.’’ On hearing this, the

MC for the evening gets up and walks

over to the waiter, and he said, ‘‘Maybe

you do not know who this is. This is

Senator BILL BRADLEY, NBA basketball

star, Rhodes Scholar, maybe future

President of the United States.’’ The

waiter turned to the MC and says,

‘‘Well, maybe you don’t know who I

am.’’ And the MC says, ‘‘Well, in fact,

I don’t know who you are. Who are

you?’’ The waiter said, ‘‘I am the guy

who controls the butter.’’

Well, the point is that everybody

controls a piece of the butter, a piece

of the action, but you have got to

make your voices known, and you have

got to speak up and you have got to be

clear and articulate and passionate

about it, because when you are, then

people like Margaret and the wonderful

people we have talked about today will

have the decent break in our society

they were promised.

The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. F

f OX

of Pennsylvania). Under the Speaker’s

announced policy of May 12, 1995, the

gentleman from California [Mr. RIGGS]

is recognized for 60 minutes.

[Mr. RIGGS addressed the House. His

remarks will appear hereafter in the

Extensions of Remarks.]

the Speaker’s announced policy of May

12, 1995, the gentleman from Louisiana

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under

f[Mr. FIELDS] is recognized for 60 minutes.

[Mr. FIELDS addressed the House.

His remarks will appear hereafter in

the Extensions of Remarks.]

By unanimous consent, leave of abLEAVE OF ABSENCE

fsence was granted to:

Mr. BONO (at the request of Mr.

ARMEY) for today, on account of recovery from surgery.

Mrs. COLLINS of Illinois (at the request of Mr. GEPHARDT) for today, on

account of personal business.

By unanimous consent, permission to

SPECIAL ORDERS GRANTED

faddress the House, following the legislative program and any special orders

heretofore entered, was granted to:

(The following Members (at the request of Ms. PELOSI) to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material:)

Mr. STUPAK, for 5 minutes, today.

Mr. LIPINSKI, for 5 minutes, today.

Ms. KAPTUR, for 5 minutes, today.

Mr. OWENS, for 5 minutes, today.

Mr. DEFAZIO, for 5 minutes, today.

Mr. BECERRA, for 5 minutes, today.

Mr. MONTGOMERY, for 5 minutes,

today.

(The following Members (at the request of Mr. SOLOMON) to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material:)

Mr. NORWOOD, for 5 minutes, today.

Mr. BROWNBACK, for 5 minutes, today.

Mr. BRYANT of Tennessee, for 5 minutes, today.

By unanimous consent, permission to

EXTENSION OF REMARKS

frevise and extend remarks was granted

to:

The following Members (at the request of Ms. PELOSI) and to include extraneous matter:

Mr. ACKERMAN.

Mr. STARK in two instances.

Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts.

Mr. COLEMAN.

Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota.

Mrs. KENNELLY.

Mr. SCHUMER.

Mr. LIPINSKI.

Mr. ROSE.

Mrs. MALONEY in three instances.

Mr. STUPAK.

Ms. WATERS.

Mr. LAFALCE.

Mr. KANJORSKI.

Mr. BISHOP.

Ms. SLAUGHTER.

Mr. BONIOR.

Mr. COLEMAN.

Ms. FURSE.

Ms. VELA ́ ZQUEZ.

(The following Members (at the request of Mr. SOLOMON) and to include

extraneous matter:)

Mr. PACKARD.

Mr. MARTINI in two instances.

Mr. MOORHEAD.

Mr. SHAW in two instances.

Mrs. CHENOWETH.

Mr. SCHIFF in two instances.

Mr. S

Ms. D

MITH

ELAURO. Mr. Speaker, I move

ADJOURNMENT

of New Jersey.

fthat the House do now adjourn.

The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 11 o’clock and 2 minutes

p.m.), under its previous order, the

House adjourned until tomorrow,

Thursday, May 18, 1995, at 9 a.m.