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Ron Wyden: “--and that is built around a Medicare guarantee that must be protected and preserved. A number of the proposals we will…”

On the recordMay 16, 2012
--and that is built around a Medicare guarantee that must be protected and preserved. A number of the proposals we will get from the other side this afternoon don't meet that test. I want colleagues to know that I am committed to working with them to produce what America wants in this Congress; that is, bipartisan Medicare reform that ensures that this very special program prospers in the days ahead. We are up to it. We are up to it if we build on the bipartisan example Senator Conrad started years ago with Senator Gregg. With that, I yield the floor.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon
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May 16, 2012

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