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On the recordDecember 16, 2010
Again, this is a package that we simply cannot afford. We cannot go on as if the deficit and the debt don't matter. Not only that they don't matter, but we expand them considerably. We can continue the tax cuts for every American. We can do that without these extra things in the bill. Let's wait until January. Let's wait until we have a new Congress, and let's do a different deal than this. This is not a deal that is good for the taxpayer; it is not a deal that is good for this institution. We have said that we will change and that we got the message. This is evidence that we haven't. I yield back the balance of my time.
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Jeff Flake
Republican · Arizona

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The speaker is addressing concerns about a legislative package related to tax cuts and the national debt.

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