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On the recordApril 14, 2011
I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, let's just clear up a simple point here. The only specified savings in this budget are from raising taxes and cutting the military. If we really wanted to have an opportunity to make Medicare last longer, we could simply repeal ObamaCare, repeal national health care, and put the $800 billion back into Medicare.
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Tim Scott
Republican · South Carolina
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Apr 14, 2011

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