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J. Exon: “We have been bamboozled by the statements that an increase is a decrease only in the Nation's Capital. What we are…”

On the recordJune 11, 1996
We have been bamboozled by the statements that an increase is a decrease only in the Nation's Capital. What we are talking about here are not increases in education funding, net, or increases in Medicare funding, net. What we are talking about is trying to disguise the honest dollar amount that keeps the level of the programs where they are today. Yet there has been a hue and cry across the Nation that the Republican budget does not cut Medicare, it provides more money for Medicare. It does provide more money for Medicare.
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J. Exon
Democratic · Nebraska
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Discussing Medicare funding and budgetary issues during Senate floor debate.

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