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On the recordJanuary 17, 2017
We throw this thing out at our peril if you care about saving Medicare, the savings to which are a very significant part of this $2.9 trillion.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse warns against repealing the Affordable Care Act without a replacement.

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