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On the recordJanuary 27, 2010
I believe the risk to Medicare and Social Security recipients is a failure to act in a timely way to deal with the long-term debt trajectory that virtually every expert that has come before this Committee says is unsustainable.
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Kent Conrad
Democratic · North Dakota

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Conrad emphasizes the urgent need to address long-term debt to protect Medicare and Social Security.

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