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Xavier Becerra: The way it works is people elects -- elect us into our job and our job is to put a budget in place and to not default on…

On the recordOctober 14, 2013
The way it works is people elects -- elect us into our job and our job is to put a budget in place and to not default on the payment of our past debts.
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Xavier Becerra
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Becerra asserts the responsibility of elected officials to manage the budget and avoid defaulting on debts.

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