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On the recordFebruary 14, 2011
I just have to say that while no one agrees with everything in that budget--I certainly don't--the basis of the budget is critical, and this is the basis of the budget: The President is addressing the deficit in a very responsible way--freezing domestic discretionary spending--very tough, very tough--cutting billions and billions and billions of dollars of red ink while not jeopardizing the economic recovery that we are in the midst of.
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Barbara Boxer
Democratic · California
Source
govinfo.gov
Feb 14, 2011

Editor's note · Context

The speaker addresses criticisms of President Obama's budget and defends its approach to deficit reduction.

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