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On the recordJune 30, 2010
You are quite correct. I am going to go through a list of specific things to help the economy, but before I go to that, I think we ought to set the stage here. There was a lot of talk in the previous hour about deficits and where the deficits came from.
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John Garamendi
Democratic · California

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The speaker is addressing economic issues and the origins of budget deficits.

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