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On the recordMarch 12, 1996
I have just received a copy of the House Republican National Strategic Plan for 1996, and I am wondering if the gentleman has an opinion as to how this piece of legislation, which I believe is the first piece of legislation dealing specifically with any aspect of Medicare, might fit into that plan, which I will tell the gentleman specifically calls and says, and I quote, not you and me of course, but the Republicans ``will pursue a targeted inoculation strategy on Medicare.'' Does this bill have relevance to that targeted inoculation strategy on Medicare?
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Lloyd Doggett
Democratic · Texas

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Questioning the relevance of a Medicare bill to the House Republican National Strategic Plan.

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