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Ron Johnson: “You cannot take it off the table. You have to address it or we are going to be hitting something that the American…”

On the recordJune 16, 2015
You cannot take it off the table. You have to address it or we are going to be hitting something that the American people are not going to like.
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Ron Johnson
Republican · Wisconsin

Editor's note · Context

Stresses the importance of addressing Social Security benefits to avoid public discontent.

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