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Sherrod Brown: “I just cannot imagine the morality of telling these people who have worked all their lives... that we would even…”

On the recordJanuary 23, 2017
I just cannot imagine the morality of telling these people who have worked all their lives... that we would even consider the possibility, as you all did in Congressman Ryan's bill, raising the eligibility age for Medicare.
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Sherrod Brown
Democratic · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Brown criticizes the proposal to raise Medicare eligibility age, emphasizing its moral implications for workers.

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