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Mike Honda: “If we are going to make Social Security and Medicare reform part of our plan to reduce the deficit, our focus should be…”

On the recordMarch 7, 2012
If we are going to make Social Security and Medicare reform part of our plan to reduce the deficit, our focus should be on rooting out fraud and abuse, not on cutting benefits.
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Mike Honda
California

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Advocating for reforms that target fraud instead of reducing benefits for seniors.

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