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On the recordOctober 25, 2011
At a time when we are struggling to save the entitlement programs we already have, good programs like Social Security and Medicare, we simply can't afford massive new government programs like CLASS.
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Tim Murphy
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Murphy emphasizes the need to prioritize existing entitlement programs over new ones.

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