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Pete Domenici: I think the Medicare trust fund should be used for Medicare and Medicare reform. I don't think we should use it to fund…

On the recordMarch 13, 2001
I think the Medicare trust fund should be used for Medicare and Medicare reform. I don't think we should use it to fund, in any way, a requirement that we pay huge premiums--some estimate as high as 21 percent--to attract foreign investors to retire our debt. I yield whatever time I have to Senator Frist.
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