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John Shaw: “If the gentleman would let me explain to him, and if he was listening, he would know that I said the buck stops at the…”

On the recordOctober 28, 1999
If the gentleman would let me explain to him, and if he was listening, he would know that I said the buck stops at the Committee on Ways and Means, not the Committee on Appropriations. It is a Committee on Ways and Means responsibility to do this. We need to do it with a plan that is going to save social security for all times.
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John Shaw
North Carolina

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Discussing the responsibilities of the Committee on Ways and Means regarding Social Security.

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