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Congressional Record United States Th of America PROCEEDINGS and DEBATES of the 104 CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 104 CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION Vol. 141 WASHINGTON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1995 No. 145 House of Representatives The House met at 10:30 a.m. and was states in no uncertain terms the dire the inefficiencies in the current system called to order by the Speaker pro tem- consequences of inaction, of doing right now today. pore [Mr. MILLER of Florida]. nothing. As you can see, in this area His study backs up the Medicare f here, under current trends, by the year trustees' own numbers showing the po- 2012, this year right here, which is only tential disaster for future beneficiaries DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO 17 years away, outlays for entitlement and taxpayers. If we do not act until TEMPORE spending and interest on the national 2002, as the other side seems to advo- The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- debt will consume all tax revenues. cate, the payroll tax would have to fore the House the following commu- That is the green line. When this line is more than double, rising from the cur- nication from the Speaker: exceeded by any one of these columns, rent 2.9 percent level to 6.81 percent WASHINGTON, DC, we are spending more than we are tak- just to bring the fund into long-term September 18, 1995. ing in. And in this case, entitlement balance. A tax hike that steep would I hereby designate the Honorable DAN MIL- spending and interest alone on the na- mean over $1 trillion in taxes over the LER to act as Speaker pro tempore on this tional debt will consume all the reve- next 7 years alone on American tax- day. nues we have collected by the Federal payers. NEWT GINGRICH, Government. There will be nothing left Mr. Speaker, to bring that astound- Speaker of the House of Representatives. for anything else, law enforcement, ing number into human terms, a work- f military, or anything like that. er earning $45,000 would have to pay an extra $1,500 in nonrefundable payroll MORNING BUSINESS By the year 2030, entitlement spend- ing alone will consume all tax revenues taxes annually. That would be $4 a day The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- collected by the Federal Government. more every day, Saturday and Sunday ant to the order of the House of May 12, This is a major crisis, albeit it is a lit- and holidays included, $4 more in taxes 1995, the Chair will now recognize tle hard to grasp and it threatens every every day just to cover the trust fund Members from lists submitted by the Federal program, including the entitle- of Medicare if we do not act now. And majority and minority leaders for ment programs themselves, whether that is just part A. morning hour debates. The Chair will they are Medicare, Medicaid, veterans, Assuming middle-of-the-road projec- alternate recognition between the par- even Social Security. You name it. We tions, the part B taxpayer subsidy will ties, with each party limited to not to have to do something. grow to $147 billion by 2004 if allowed exceed 30 minutes, and each Member Mr. Speaker, what is driving this ex- to remain in auto pilot, which is where except the majority and minority lead- plosion in entitlement spending which it is now. That is four times what it is er limited to not to exceed 5 minutes. we are seeing in this chart? There, in today. The Chair recognizes the gentleman fact, are many factors, but primarily it Mr. Speaker, where are we going to from Florida [Mr. GOSS] for 5 minutes. is the out-of-control and gigantic in- get that kind of money, $147 billion? f creases in Medicare spending. We all You guessed it, from the taxpayers. know that the Medicare trustees' re- The leadership on the other side of the MEDICARE REFORM port states that the Medicare part A aisle last week in the Washington Post Mr. GOSS. Mr. Speaker, the rhetoric trust fund will be bankrupt in 7 years, accused Republicans of playing a shell has gotten pretty thick and possibly in the year 2002. Ninety percent of game and disguising the real costs of even a little sick around here recently, Americans understand that according Medicare reform. What they really even by Washington standards. That is to the polls. should acknowledge is the tremendous why I thought it would be helpful to Mr. Speaker, essentially we have two cost of maintaining the status quo and take a look at the bigger picture. Spe- options. We can reduce costs and re- the increasing cost of the future status cifically, I would like to take a mo- form the system now, which is what quo they advocate. ment this morning to investigate the the Republicans are trying to do, or we Mr. Speaker, my constituents gave long-term ramifications if we heed the can wait and raise taxes again later, me a clear message over the August advice of House Democrats and ignore which seems to be the plan of the break: Go back to Washington and do the pending bankruptcy of the Medi- Democrats. what it takes to fix the problem. They care reform situation. A study conducted by John Berthoud have seen payroll taxes increase before, This chart, compiled by the biparti- of the Alexis de Toqueville Institute in fact, 23 of them in the past 27 years. san Kerrey Commission on entitle- underscores the dire ramifications of Twenty-three payroll taxes and they ments, which I served on last year, raising taxes rather than addressing know that isn't the answer. b This symbol represents the time of day during the House proceedings, e.g., b 1407 is 2:07 p.m. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. H 9035 H 9036 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD Ð HOUSE September 18, 1995 By expanding choice and utilizing re- So by voting no, you are not killing This is something that is on a bipar- forms that have worked in the private the bill; you are killing a process that tisan basis. Mrs. MEYERS of Kansas has sector, we cannot only save the Medi- is wrong and heavy handed. What we a very constructive proposal to change care program and strengthen it for our have here is a park closure commission the concession system of the parks. current and future beneficiaries, but that would close national parks. So I am not here asking for a rejec- we can also provide a brighter future Now, the bill does exempt 54 national tion of this bill. I am saying, let us re- for our children and grandchildren. We park units from closure, but it leaves spect the process. By voting no on H.R. do have a program that will work and less visited, smaller budgeted parks, 260, which we should do, 143 votes are that is what we are going to do, hope- and important national monuments needed so that the two-thirds is not fully with the bipartisan support and like Independence Hall, the Statue of achieved, we would send the bill back hopefully with constructive coopera- Liberty, Mount Rushmore, the Wash- to the Committee on Rules. tion from the White House. Meanwhile, ington, Lincoln, and Jefferson Monu- Mr. Speaker, watch this bill. H.R. all the scare ads on TV, the class war- ments, and the Martin Luther King 260, vote ``no,'' send it back to the fare stirred up by the liberals, and the historical site on the chopping block. Committee on Rules. Let it come back generational debate hyped by the cyn- The Chair of the Subcommittee on under a fair rule. ics does not solve the problem and does National Parks, the gentleman from I insert the following information for Utah [Mr. HANSEN], has said that he not make America a better place to the RECORD: live. wants to close 150 parks. This is an Mr. Speaker, the Republicans are agenda that I believe is wrong. Let us [From the Salt Lake Tribune, May 6, 1995] trying to offer a positive solution to a improve the management of these DON'T CLOSE THE PARKS real problem. Even if we do not get all parks. Let us find ways to raise money Generally, people want to enter a national the details exactly right the first time, to keep the parks as important compo- park; they want to leave a military base. In- we will get the details right and we nents of this country. deed, there is little that the two have in will have made an important change Mr. Speaker, the national parks are common, other than that they are both fed- not the playgrounds of the rich. They erally owned. Yet there is inexplicable senti- for every American's quality of life and ment in Congress for providing a common pocketbook. are the vacation destinations of mil- element to both-a closure commission. f lions of ordinary hard working Ameri- A bill known as H.R. 260, which has already cans who want to see and enjoy the passed Utah Rep. Jim Hansen's subcommit- SAVING THE NATIONAL PARKS natural wonders they support with tee and is due up before the full House Re- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under their tax dollars. They deserve to con- sources Committee this month, proposes the the Speaker's announced policy of May tinue to have that opportunity.
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