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Mark Begich: “I signed on to the Sessions-McCaskill bill because I think we need to get somewhere with the deficit. The American…”

On the recordDecember 16, 2010
I signed on to the Sessions-McCaskill bill because I think we need to get somewhere with the deficit. The American people are losing every day that we have this bickering that goes on. I didn't come here to hear the bickering that just went on a little bit ago and see the prop that was brought out. That is not why Alaska sent me here. Who wins and loses? My State of Alaska is losing tonight, because we cannot get our work done after a year. Almost a quarter of the Senate sat and worked on this in multiple committees to get this bill to us.
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Mark Begich
Democratic · Alaska
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Dec 16, 2010

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Senator Begich addresses the need for bipartisan cooperation to address the deficit and criticizes political bickering.

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