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Eleanor Holmes Norton: “I want to focus my own constituents on the immediate problems of Medicare, which runs out of money in 2008.”

On the recordMay 17, 1999
I want to focus my own constituents on the immediate problems of Medicare, which runs out of money in 2008.
Said by
Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia
Source
congress.gov
May 17, 1999

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Addressing the future challenges of Medicare funding for seniors.

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