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Nancy Pelosi: “We do not support cuts in benefits for Social Security and Medicare. Do not consider Social Security a piggy bank for…”

On the recordJuly 6, 2011
We do not support cuts in benefits for Social Security and Medicare. Do not consider Social Security a piggy bank for giving tax cuts to the wealthiest people in our country.
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Nancy Pelosi
Democratic · California

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Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi asserts the Democratic position on protecting Social Security and Medicare from cuts.

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