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Thomas Daschle: “The problem is that they're off by over 35 percent in the first year. That's phenomenal. Even government doesn't make a…”

On the recordJanuary 29, 2004
The problem is that they're off by over 35 percent in the first year. That's phenomenal. Even government doesn't make a mistake that big most of the time.
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Thomas Daschle
South Dakota

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Sen. Daschle criticizes the significant discrepancy in the cost estimates of the Medicare Reform Bill.

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