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On the recordJanuary 23, 2017
Where else is it we so much need to spend $449 billion that you can spend more out of pocket so that money can go somewhere else--like tax cuts for rich people.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Warren criticizes reallocating Medicare funds for tax cuts for the wealthy.

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