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Todd Tiahrt: So they are, in fact, using the tax dollars from people, in my case, the fourth district of Kansas, and they are trying…

On the recordOctober 12, 1995
So they are, in fact, using the tax dollars from people, in my case, the fourth district of Kansas, and they are trying to disrupt the plans to preserve and protect Medicare. So that is kind of like trying to push the system into bankruptcy. I am having a hard time understanding what motivation one would have to push Medicare into bankruptcy.
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Todd Tiahrt
Kansas

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Discussing the impact of tax dollars on Medicare during a floor speech.

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