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Dick Chrysler: “A year ago, Republican zeal to silence debate in the people's House resulted in the arrest of senior citizens who came…”

On the recordSeptember 25, 1996
A year ago, Republican zeal to silence debate in the people's House resulted in the arrest of senior citizens who came to speak out against Republican plans to cut $270 billion from Medicare to pay for a $245 billion tax cut for the privileged few. And with the Medicare bill still on the chopping block because the Dole plan would require even deeper cuts in Medicare than the $270 billion in Medicare cuts proposed last year, the American people should ask themselves if they can trust this Republican Congress when it is so afraid of the truth, whether it be on Medicare or whether it be releasing the ethics report from the committee.
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Dick Chrysler
Republican · Michigan

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Addressing concerns about Medicare cuts and the Republican Congress's handling of debate.

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