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Paul Ryan: if we look at the President's budget, he is saying let us spend $28 billion in Medicare for prescription drugs, but that…

On the recordMarch 22, 2000
if we look at the President's budget, he is saying let us spend $28 billion in Medicare for prescription drugs, but that is only over 2 years. In the year 2003, in the year 2004 and in the year 2005, he spends zero money on Medicare.
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Paul Ryan
Wisconsin

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Discussing the President's budget proposal for Medicare during a floor speech.

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