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On the recordApril 11, 2018
when some folks in this town talk about reducing mandatory outlays, that is 'Washington speak,' as Mick Mulvaney might say, for cutting Social Security and Medicare.
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Hakeem Jeffries
Democratic · New York

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Jeffries critiques the terminology used for cuts to Social Security and Medicare.

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