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Steve Cohen: “Today's hearing about mandatory spending and the so-called 'entitlement crisis,' is really about making the argument to…”

On the recordJuly 5, 2016
Today's hearing about mandatory spending and the so-called 'entitlement crisis,' is really about making the argument to cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

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Cohen argues that the hearing is a guise for attacking popular entitlement programs.

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