07/08/1998
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"I do not agree with changes that I think will, in effect, break up Medicare and put more and more seniors at the mercy of the present private insurance system."
"I have been for and I continue to be for giving the States far more flexibility in the way they run the programs."
"The issue here is over the policies involving Medicare, Medicaid, education, the environment..."
"We can balance the budget."