“a stunning failure of leadership”
“any external aggressor will clash with an impregnable resistance.”
“This budget is the epitome of 'America Last.'”
“We are unstoppable.”
“Everything will get better.”
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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.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia
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Addressing the future challenges of Medicare funding for seniors.

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