06/24/2013
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"The President's budget comes down to a simple proposition: helping working families and the middle class get ahead and reducing the Federal deficit are not mutually exclusive."
"If Republicans go after Medicaid the way they did in 2017 by cutting Federal support to State Medicaid programs... that guaranteed backstop of nursing home care for seniors is ripped away."
"I cannot imagine doing that or privatizing the systems, turning them over to Wall Street or private insurance companies."
"I hope, colleagues, every member can come next Thursday."