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Jim Himes: “I actually asked your predecessor probably a year ago whether he could point to an industrialized country that had…”

On the recordFebruary 24, 2015
I actually asked your predecessor probably a year ago whether he could point to an industrialized country that had combined a recovery in GDP growth with a decline in the deficit in a more constructive and salubrious way than the United States.
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Jim Himes
Democratic · Connecticut

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Himes questioned the effectiveness of fiscal policy during economic recovery.

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