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On the recordFebruary 13, 1997
And did we not take them up on that proposal and did we not, in fact, pass through the Congress of the United States a budget that would have been balanced by the year specified in the constitutional amendment and would have postponed for an extended period of time the insolvency of the Medicare hospital insurance trust fund?
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T. Gorton
Republican · Washington

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Discussing the impact of a proposed budget on Medicare during a congressional debate.

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