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Matt Salmon: “If Congress continues to put its head in the sand on dealing with entitlement spending and not doing anything about it…”

On the recordApril 18, 2016
If Congress continues to put its head in the sand on dealing with entitlement spending and not doing anything about it, there won't be any money for discretionary spending.
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Matt Salmon
Arizona

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Salmon warns about the consequences of ignoring entitlement spending on the budget.

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