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NAN A. S. HAYWORTH: We are confronted by profound problems. The test for us is not posturing for an election in November but moving to solve…

On the recordJune 5, 1996
We are confronted by profound problems. The test for us is not posturing for an election in November but moving to solve these problems. So once again, despite the challenges of some deliberate disinformation, we call on our colleagues from the liberal persuasion and the President of the United States at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue to join with us to save Medicare, to adequately address these problems, to deal with the crime issue, to deal with genuine welfare reform, and to do it because it is the right thing to do.
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NAN A. S. HAYWORTH
New York

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Addressing the need for bipartisan cooperation to solve national issues.

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