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On the recordJune 7, 2016
The truth is that Medicare must be strengthened, not cut, and benefits must be expanded, not scaled back.
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Jim McDermott
Democratic · Washington

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Emphasizing the need to strengthen Medicare and expand benefits instead of cutting them.

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If I understand, Mr. Goss, one and a half million people or one and a quarter million will get an increase of something like 77 bucks on average, and then there is the 15 million that are going to get cut.

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I would ask if you would send us a list who they are that are dragging their feet on this.

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Nobody wants to talk about raising the wage around here.

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