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On the recordDecember 18, 2012
Well, we actually need to do that, but why don't we wrap up the infrastructure here and then I do want to spend a few moments talking about Social Security and perhaps ending back to where we started on Medicare and these programs.
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John Garamendi
Democratic · California

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