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Bill Delahunt: I dare say that if we expended the amounts of resources that we will be expending in Iraq for security and for…

On the recordJuly 21, 2003
I dare say that if we expended the amounts of resources that we will be expending in Iraq for security and for reconstruction that we could have a prescription drug benefit plan, not just for seniors in this country, but for just about every American.
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Bill Delahunt
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the allocation of resources for Iraq versus domestic healthcare.

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