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Elizabeth Warren: “Can you guarantee to this committee that you will safeguard President-elect Trump's promise and while you are HHS…”

On the recordJanuary 17, 2017
Can you guarantee to this committee that you will safeguard President-elect Trump's promise and while you are HHS Secretary you will not use your administrative authority to carry out a single dollar of cuts to Medicare or Medicaid eligibility or benefits?
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Warren seeks assurance that cuts to Medicare and Medicaid won't happen.

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