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On the recordMarch 5, 2019
The reason Tip O'Neill and Ronald Reagan were able to do something which funded Social Security and made it stable for a lot of years was because they held hands.
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Steny Hoyer
Democratic · Maryland

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Hoyer references historical bipartisan efforts to highlight the importance of collaboration.

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