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Janice Schakowsky: “I am not going to cut Social Security like every other Republican, and I am not going to cut Medicare or Medicaid.”

On the recordMarch 3, 2020
I am not going to cut Social Security like every other Republican, and I am not going to cut Medicare or Medicaid.
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Janice Schakowsky
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Schakowsky criticizes proposed cuts to Social Security and Medicare in Trump's budget.

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