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Douglas Alexander: “One final question, Mr. President. Does the Senator from New Hampshire believe that Federal spending is one of the most…”

On the recordJanuary 24, 2007
One final question, Mr. President. Does the Senator from New Hampshire believe that Federal spending is one of the most difficult challenges we have here and is a matter that will need a bipartisan approach? And that we need to employ all the reasonable tools that we can to try to bring Federal spending under control? Otherwise, we are going to create a massive crisis for our children and our grandchildren, and this proposal would be one such reasonable tool.
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Douglas Alexander
Labour Party

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Discussing the need for bipartisan efforts to control Federal spending.

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