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On the recordMay 5, 1999
I want to add that the leadership of the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Pallone), especially in his efforts to fight Republican efforts to privatize Medicare, have been very, very important in our so far successful efforts to do that. One point... it is not a broken program. It is serving people in this country very well. And this kind of radical surgery proposed by Republicans is dead wrong.
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Sherrod Brown
Democratic · Ohio

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Discussing the importance of Medicare and opposing Republican privatization efforts.

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