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Jerry Moran: What is being attempted tomorrow is not an attempt to fix the retirement system. It is an attempt to accumulate $12…

On the recordMarch 14, 1995
What is being attempted tomorrow is not an attempt to fix the retirement system. It is an attempt to accumulate $12 billion in cuts in order to finance a tax cut for other Members on the backs of Federal employees who, in effect, would have to pay an increase, 12-percent increase, in their tax.
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Jerry Moran
Republican · Kansas

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Discussing proposed cuts to the Federal retirement system and their impact on Federal employees.

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