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Chris Van Hollen: It does not throw Americans a lifeline to write into the Constitution of the United States a provision that creates a…

On the recordJuly 19, 2011
It does not throw Americans a lifeline to write into the Constitution of the United States a provision that creates a preference for cutting Medicare and Social Security over cutting subsidies for oil companies. I reserve the balance of my time.
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Chris Van Hollen
Democratic · Maryland
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Jul 19, 2011

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