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Mark Begich
@markbegich· Democratic · AK· Mar 16, 2011

I will probably have a lot to say, especially to OMB, because I think they are sometimes confused on what Alaska is about.

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Mark Begich
@markbegich· Democratic · AK· Mar 16, 2011

They do not necessarily like who you worked for. They do not like the policies of the OMB Director. They do not like the President.

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Bill Nelson
@billnelson· Democratic · FL· Mar 16, 2011

By sustaining our investments in fundamental research, we can ensure that America remains at the forefront of scientific capability.

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Kent Conrad
@kentconrad· Democratic · ND· Mar 16, 2011

If we continue down this path of spending and borrowing recklessly, we will leave America weakened and diminished.

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Kent Conrad
@kentconrad· Democratic · ND· Mar 16, 2011

The President has yet to look the American people in the eye and explain the basic fact that we have run out of money.

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Kent Conrad
@kentconrad· Democratic · ND· Mar 16, 2011

We need honest budgeting. We have got to have that, facts-based budgeting, not fantasy budgeting.

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Kent Conrad
@kentconrad· Democratic · ND· Mar 16, 2011

Simply put, these claims are detached from reality, and they undermine efforts to tackle our growing debt danger.

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Kent Conrad
@kentconrad· Democratic · ND· Mar 16, 2011

We have got to get off the road of spending and borrowing and get on the road to a lean and productive Government.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Mar 16, 2011

Targeted investments in the most promising frontiers of science... will fuel this trajectory.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Mar 16, 2011

His 2012 Budget provides strategic investments in these domains while also streamlining aspects of the Federal Government.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Mar 16, 2011

nations that protect universal rights are ultimately more stable, successful and secure.

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Bill Nelson
@billnelson· Democratic · FL· Mar 16, 2011

I just want to say this. We had talked earlier about the need for clean energy, therefore the reduction of our dependence particularly on foreign oil.

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Bill Nelson
@billnelson· Democratic · FL· Mar 16, 2011

We are facing, in the House position, significant cuts.

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Bill Nelson
@billnelson· Democratic · FL· Mar 16, 2011

Well, fine but I bring it---- to your attention, because it has been the conventional wisdom of what--and talked about in the press, what you just said and what we are told in practice is exactly the opposite.

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Bill Nelson
@billnelson· Democratic · FL· Mar 16, 2011

My bottom line is I want a space program that is robust.

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Bill Nelson
@billnelson· Democratic · FL· Mar 16, 2011

I for one would have been happy had we been able to do more across a wide range of government programs, but fiscal responsibility is a big part of the message that we are all working with at this juncture.

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