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William Tauzin: The last thing we ought to do is try to scare seniors today. They have enough to worry about. We all ought to be trying…

On the recordOctober 13, 1995
The last thing we ought to do is try to scare seniors today. They have enough to worry about. We all ought to be trying to calm these fears. We ought to be talking about our debate, of course, on how to resolve it; it ought to be a good debate. But we ought to all talk about those three principles I talk about. We love you enough to try to keep Medicare solvent, and we will do whatever it takes in working with the White House to come up with an eventual solution that saves it from bankruptcy. That ought to be the theme. These fear tactics ought to be put aside. We ought to work for the good of this country instead of for the good of somebody's politics today.
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William Tauzin
Republican · Louisiana

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Addressing concerns about Medicare and the need to avoid scaring seniors.

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