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John Garamendi: “This week, the Congressional Budget Office, nonpartisan, not Democrat, not Republican, they answer to neither party.…”

On the recordJanuary 6, 2011
This week, the Congressional Budget Office, nonpartisan, not Democrat, not Republican, they answer to neither party. They answer to the general public. They said that the repeal of the Affordable Health Care Act will increase the deficit by $230 billion, $230 billion in the next 9 years, and in the out years, the next 10 years, well over 1 trillion, $200 billion increase in the deficit.
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John Garamendi
Democratic · California
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govinfo.gov
Jan 6, 2011

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Garamendi discusses the financial implications of repealing the Affordable Health Care Act.

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