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Sonny Bono: “The Speaker never, I wish I could count the times you said the Speaker said let Medicare wither on the vine. He never…”

On the recordJanuary 5, 1996
The Speaker never, I wish I could count the times you said the Speaker said let Medicare wither on the vine. He never said let Medicare wither on the vine. That is not true.
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Sonny Bono
California

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Defending the Speaker against accusations regarding Medicare during a floor speech.

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