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On the recordApril 11, 2018
Can any serious effort to reduce our growing deficit and debt problems exclude reforms to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid?
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Gary Palmer
Republican · Alabama

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Palmer questions if deficit reduction can avoid reforming major entitlement programs.

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