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Martin Hoke: “One after another after another of our liberal colleagues take to the well to carp, to moan, to deceive and to distort.…”

On the recordJune 8, 1995
One after another after another of our liberal colleagues take to the well to carp, to moan, to deceive and to distort. They can say the most outlandish things with such ease, you would swear that it was Mephistopheles himself that was up there speaking. For instance, they say that Republicans are drastically cutting Medicare. It is not true and they know it. Far from cutting Medicare, Republicans are strengthening the program and saving it from certain bankruptcy as said so by the trustees of the program itself.
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Martin Hoke
Republican · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Addressing claims about Medicare cuts during a debate.

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