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Walter B. Jones: “The election last year, the people said we want less government, less taxes, and they realize... we care about the…”

On the recordJuly 12, 1995
The election last year, the people said we want less government, less taxes, and they realize... we care about the working man and woman in this country... the Medicare board of trustees... released a report last April stating that the Medicare hospital insurance trust fund, part A, will be bankrupt in seven years. If that is allowed to happen, more than 37 million Americans will lose their hospital insurance. That is why this Republican majority is working so hard to do what we can to ensure and to protect the Medicare Trust Fund.
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Walter B. Jones
North Carolina
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the need for budget balance and Medicare funding during a floor speech.

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