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On the recordJanuary 30, 1996
we cannot allow those phony assumptions to come into place. That is why, as we make the tough decisions today, Medicaid, Medicare, what size of the tax cut, if any, that ought to be there, all the tough choices, we do not want to go through this drill again and come up $250 billion off when we say it is going to be balanced.
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Fred Upton
Republican · Michigan

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Discussing budgetary decisions related to Medicaid, Medicare, and tax cuts.

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