02/04/2009
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"It is undeniable we owe much to the courageous men and women who put their lives on the line for their country and their countrymen repeatedly."
"The disability backlog needs to be dealt with."
"I do think we need to focus on that and ask if there are other things that we can do to confront that problem."
"So, to my colleagues, this is the reason I think it is accurate to say we have fundamentally a spending problem rather than a tax problem."