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Kathy Castor: $2 trillion added to the debt. And then the Republican budget comes out yesterday, and what do they do? Huge cuts to…

On the recordJune 19, 2018
$2 trillion added to the debt. And then the Republican budget comes out yesterday, and what do they do? Huge cuts to people that rely on Medicaid for healthcare and to Medicare.
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Kathy Castor
Democratic · Florida

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Highlighting the debt increase and cuts to Medicaid and Medicare in the Republican budget.

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