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On the recordJuly 26, 2011
But if you cannot have it all, and you cannot--I wish you could, and I wish that I were here when we owed no money as a Nation, because I think a lot of us could get together and have a lot of good ideas including investment in education. We are going to have to make tough decisions.
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Richard Shelby
Republican · Alabama

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Shelby expresses regret over national debt impacting education investment decisions.

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