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On the recordMarch 17, 2010
I think it bears noting that this bill defies common sense. We just talked about the fact that you take a half a trillion dollars out of Medicare, which is already struggling, and no one has ever explained in this year-long debate how in the world they are going to do that except to say fraud, waste, and abuse. But if we had the tools to do that better today, why aren't we already doing it?
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John Fleming
Republican · Louisiana
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govinfo.gov
Mar 17, 2010

Editor's note · Context

The speaker is criticizing a bill that cuts funding from Medicare.

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