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On the recordAugust 1, 2002
What leads the Senator to believe that the only way in which the States would secure savings under the Graham-Smith amendment would have been through the catastrophic savings?
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Questioning the rationale behind the Graham-Smith amendment during a Senate debate.

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