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Tom Coburn: And the other answer to that is, when are we going to start? And we have to start now. Now is the opportunity. The…

On the recordApril 21, 1999
And the other answer to that is, when are we going to start? And we have to start now. Now is the opportunity. The American public is awake and knows that there is a problem with Social Security. It is time to be totally honest about that regardless of what the political costs are. We were sent here to solve problems, not to protect ourselves politically.
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Tom Coburn
Republican · Oklahoma

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Addressing the need for reform in Social Security.

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