12/09/2013
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"Most people have accepted that we don't want to have major reductions to--we have reforms, yes."
"So what do we attribute that significant reduction in the Medicare cost growth rate?"
"We all agree that we are facing an unsustainable financial future, and under the CBO's alternative fiscal scenario, the debt is going to reach 82 percent of GDP by 2021."
"thank you, Senator Shaheen, for your support of that"