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On the recordJune 28, 2000
I am a senior citizen. I actually am that proper age and have Medicare and each night I use Zocor and Cardura and Claritin D and Timoptin, but I pay for them myself. We in Congress earn over $130,000 per year. We should not receive government assistance. Let us help the poor who need it. The Democrat plan would take care of us, the Kennedys, the Houghtons and the Ballengers. We are too rich. We do not need it and nobody in Congress should get it, and yet the Democrat plan allows it.
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Cass Ballenger
North Carolina
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Discussing government assistance and healthcare costs for Congress members.

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