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On the recordApril 7, 2011
Tombstone made up: ``Medicare 1965-2011, created by LBJ, destroyed by the GOP.'' Now is not the time for us to make these cuts and tell our seniors who have paid into this system, who have planned on this system and the people under 55 whom this will affect that they're on their own and do nothing to try to rein in the health care costs. And that's the real issue.
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Tim Ryan
Democratic · Ohio

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