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On the recordFebruary 27, 2012
the plan that I personally authored, it was not in a budget, increases the minimum benefit to make sure that no senior citizen falls beneath the poverty line.
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Pat Ryan
Democratic · New York

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Ryan defends his plan to enhance benefits for seniors above the poverty line.

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