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Christopher Shays: “We want to balance the Federal budget and get our financial house in order; we want to save our trust funds for not only…”

On the recordMarch 12, 1997
We want to balance the Federal budget and get our financial house in order; we want to save our trust funds for not only future generations but for present generations, because Medicare in particular is running out of money; and third, we want to transform this caretaking society into a caring society. We want to transform this caretaking social and corporate and agricultural welfare state into a caring opportunity society. In the process of doing all three of those things, we want to move the power and the money and the influence back home and away from Washington.
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Christopher Shays
Connecticut
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the objectives of the congressional majority regarding the Federal budget and social policy.

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