Senator Everett Dirksen once said a billion dollars here, a billion dollars there, pretty soon you're talking about real money.
Daniel E. Lungren: “Senator Everett Dirksen once said a billion dollars here, a billion dollars there, pretty soon you're talking about real…”
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Lungren references Dirksen to emphasize the significance of government spending.
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