12/08/2009
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"We need parity between the defense and non-defense discretionary spending."
"Absent a deal to raise the caps, defense, yes, will be cut $71 billion, non-defense will be cut by $55 billion."
"If we are going to do anything, we need to increase the allocation of--for Labor, Education, Health and Human Services."
"Education, quite frankly, has been short-changed over the past eight years."