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On the recordMarch 5, 2019
The real elephant in the room is the thing that nobody wants to talk about: What are you going to do to either sustain or, you know, reform Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid?
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Tom Cole
Republican · Oklahoma

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Cole highlights the need to address major entitlement programs in budget discussions.

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