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Todd Tiahrt: One question I would like to approach the group with, I heard the charge earlier in the previous hour the savings we are…

On the recordOctober 12, 1995
One question I would like to approach the group with, I heard the charge earlier in the previous hour the savings we are going to get from the provisions we have to preserve and protect Medicare are going to go toward tax cuts for the wealthy. Have we put provisions in there to prevent the savings from Medicare to go to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy? I do not think that it is true. Could we respond to that?
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Todd Tiahrt
Kansas

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Questioning the allocation of Medicare savings during a discussion on tax cuts.

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